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Listan, Malaga, Mission, Mondeuse, Mourastell, Muscadelle du Bordelais, 

 Olivette blanche, Olivette noir, Pedro Ximines, Petit Syrah, Pinot de 

 Chardonnay, Purple Damascus, Saint Macaire, Sauvignon Vert, Simillon, 

 Sultana, Sultanina, Sylvaner, Traminer, Valdepenas, Velt-liner, Vermen- 

 tino and Zinfandel. As vinifera varieties are not phylloxera resistant 

 and no way has been found to eradicate it from vineyards, it is conceded 

 the only way to successfully combat the phylloxera in all soils which can- 

 not be cheaply and sufficiently flooded to kill it, is to establish vinifera 

 vineyards on phylloxera resistant stocks. 



Of American Euvitis varieties. At present nine-tenths of the plant- 

 ing are of Concord. The next most important variety is the Delaware. 



A TYPICAL VINIFERA HILLSIDE VINEYARD IN CALIFORNIA 



Other varieties, grown more or less extensively, are Agawam, Barry, 

 Brighton, Brilliant, Campbell, Carman, Catawba, Champenel, Clevener, 

 Clinton, Cynthiana, Diamond, Diana, Dutchess, Elvira, Eumelan, Goethe, 

 Herbemont, Herbert, Isabella, Ives, Jefferson, Lenoir, Lindley, Moores, 

 Missouri Riesling, Montefiore, Niagara, Noah, Nortons, Pierce, Salem, 

 Wilder, Winchell, Wooden and Wyoming. 



Of Muscadine varieties. The Scuppernong is today more extensively 

 grown than any other variety. The other catalogued varieties being 

 Eden, Flowers, James, Memory, Mish and Thomas. 



Propagation. In ordinary practice, grape vines are propagated from 

 seed, from cuttings, by layering or by grafting. Seedlings should only be 

 used when it is desired to originate new varieties. 



Cuttings should always be made from young, well-matured wood 

 and preferably from medium-sized, short-jointed wood. To make cuttings, 

 cut close below the lower bud, making the cut somewhat slanting, and 

 leave about an inch of wood above the upper bud. If a small piece of the 

 old wood or a whorl' of buds can be left at the butt end of the cutting, so 



