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BENCH-GRAFTING RESISTANT VINES. 219 



VARIETIES GRAFTED ON RUPESTRIS DU LOT. 



Barbera. Medium growth. 



Beba. Fine growth. 



Conrichon. Medium growth. 



Franken Riesling. Long growth ; tips still green. 



Kleinberger. Long thin canes. 



Mantuo de Pilas. Poor growth. 



Marsanne. Small growth. 



Palomino. Very vigorous growth of eight or nine canes to a vine. 



Peruno. Strong growth. 



Petit- Bouschet. Vigorous growth, strong canes. 



Sultana. Good growth. 



Valdepenas. Good growth. 



Vernaccia. Medium growth. 



The one graft of Mondeuse on Rupestris X Riparia 3309 had made a very 

 good growth. 



The row of Mondfuse grafted on Riparia Grand Glabre had grown well, 

 with the exception of one graft, which was dead. 



The row of Mondeuse grafted on Rupestris du Lot was more irregular. 

 Two vines were dead and five had lost the Mondeuse scion, and the Rupes- 

 tris was growing from suckers. Where the Mondeuse was growing, how- 

 ever, it was on the whole more vigorous than in the last row. 



VARIETIES ON THEIR OWN ROOTS. 



:T Pinot Cabernet <1u Lac. This variety made very poor growth. Most of 

 the vines lived, but the canes were only a few inches long. The soil, which 

 was black adobe, was evidently unsuited to this vine. 



Hybrid Franc. The growth of this variety was more irregular than that 

 of the last, and no stronger. A few vines had made medium growth, but 

 many were dead and the majority were very poor. 



Rupeslris Martin. This resistant made a fair growth ; in some cases the 

 anes were 4 to 5 feet long, but not thick. 



Rupestris X Riparia 101-14. Fair growth of 2 to 3 feet. 



Rupestris X Riparia 3309. Fair growth, somewhat longer and stronger 

 than the last. 



Rupestris du Lot. Growth good to very good; many canes to each vine. 



Vialla. Good growth of shoots 2 to 3 feet long. 



Rupestris Mission. Good growth, but the canes were rather thiu. 



EXPERIMENTS MADE IN 1899. 



The experiments carried out this year consisted chiefly of 

 tests of various methods of grafting and of planting in the 

 nursery. 



The cuttings used as stock in these experiments were 



1. Rupestris du Lot, 3,000 from Beringer Bros., St. Helena. 



2. Riparia Gloire de Montpellier, 100 from John Swett and Son, 

 Martinez. 



3. Lenoir, 96 from G. Husmann, Napa. 



4. American Rulander, 26 from G. Husmann, Napa. 



5. Herbemont, 21 from G. Husmann, Napa. 



6. Cunningham, 27 from G. Husmann, Napa. 



7. America, 10 (rooted, one year old) from W. B. Munson, Texas. 



8. Champini, 10 (rooted, one year old ) from W. B. Munson, Texas. 



9. Elvicand, 7 (rooted, one year old) from W. B. Munson, Texas. 

 10. Munson, 13 (rooted, 1 year old) from W. B. Munson, Texas. 



