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CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



The Grenache and Alicante Bouschet are heavy bearers with 

 short pruning. The former naturally takes a port flavor and the 

 latter insures sufficient color. The Tinta Madeira, when pruned 

 properly, bears well and will increase the quality of the port wine. 



The Palomino is one of the heaviest and most regular bearers 

 grown in California and is peculiarly suited for sherry making. 

 It is the principal grape of the Spanish sherry district. The Beba 

 bears nearly or quite as well as the Palomino and is of rather 

 better quality. Both bear with- short pruning. The Boal bears 

 good crops and gives a sweet wine of high quality. 



2. Vineyard for dry wine in the interior valleys 



White. Proportion. 



Valdepenyas % 



Lagrain .' % 



St. Macaire % 



Red. Proportion. 



Burger % 



West's White Prolific % 



Vernaccia Sarda V4 



The Valdepenyas has been growing for nearly twenty years 

 at the Tulare Experiment Station, and has always given regular 

 and good crops with short pruning. The dry red wine made from 

 it has been in every way satisfactory and much superior to that 

 made from Bouschet, Zinfandel, or any of the varieties usually 

 grown in the valley, and approaches more nearly than any other 

 variety the wines of the cooler localities. This variety has been 

 planted to some extent in the cooler localities, where it is com- 

 pletely out of place. In Napa its bearing is unsatisfactory and 

 its wine harsh. The vine needs a hot climate to bring out its 

 best qualities. The Lagrain and St. Macaire are valuable on 

 account of their intense color, which at Tulare is equal to that 

 of the Bouschets and is more stable. The St. Macaire is partic- 

 ularly recommended on account of its high acidity, which is 

 extremely useful for the region. The Gros Mansenc retains its 

 acid even better than the St. Macaire, and is also deeply colored, 

 but it has not born quite so well. 



The Burger has, fortunately, been planted extensively in the 

 hotter parts of the interior, and probably no better choice could 

 be made for the production of a cheap, light, neutral dry white 

 wine in that region. Its acidity, which is excessive in the coast 

 counties, is normal or even low in the interior. For this reason,, 

 and in order to give a little more character, it should be blended 

 with such grapes as the West's White Prolific and the Vernaccia 

 Sarda, which retain their acidity at Tulare better than any other 

 white grapes tested. 



