OTHER DISTRICTS. 



The Sunol and Vallecitos vineyard plantations are small and few in 

 number, and are entirely healthy. The soil is different grades of loam 

 and gravel mixed with loam. There are no wineries in either section. 



At Haywards I find but few vineyards, and very small plantings are 

 the rule. The vineyards are nearly all planted to table grapes, which 

 are largely sold locally and shipped to San Francisco. Most of the 

 vineyards are owned by Portuguese, and each owner makes enough wine 

 for his own use. 



There has been but little planting of vines in Alameda County during 

 the last few years. Nearly all the vineyards are in full bearing. I 

 should judge that the acreage of new vineyards planted during the last 

 three years does not exceed two hundred acres. 



During my visits to the different vineyards I find almost invariably 

 that where the owner of a vineyard is a foreigner he makes enough wine 

 for his home use, and he uses it. This is not true of the American-born 

 owner. When the wine bottle on the home table of our people takes 

 the place of the whisky and beer bottles on the saloon counters, we will 

 have advanced one great step in the pathway of civilization. 

 I am most respectfully yours, 



FRANK L. FOWLER. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 1893. 



CHARLES BUNDSCHU, Esq., Viticultural Commissioner for the San Fran- 

 cisco District, San Francisco: 



DEAR SIR: At your request I have prepared a summary of the figures 

 and statistics secured in the recent canvass of Alameda County, made 

 under your direction. The county was divided into several districts 

 for the more intelligent grouping of the statistics. 



The recapitulation of the total is as follows: 



ALAMEDA COUNTY. 



Total number of vineyards _______ ...... _________________ ..... ________________________ 214. 



Total acreage in vines ____________ ..... _____________________________________ 7,083^ acres. 



Total acreage in bearing ....... ______________________________________________ 6,879K acres. 



Acreage in wine grapes _________________________________________________ ..... 6,690^ acres. 



Acreage in table grapes _________________________________________________________ 295 acres. 



Acreage in raisin grapes _________________________________________________________ 98 acres. 



Riparia _________________ ______ 484^ acres. 



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2 acres 

 [Other varieties __________________ 194 acres. 



Planted to resistants (same as above), 68814 (Grafted and in bearing ________ 663J4 acres. 



acres ------ ...... ---- ..... ____ ...... _____ ^Grafted but not bearing ______ ..... acres. 



(Not yet grafted __________________ 25 acres. 



Crop in 1892 ------------- ...... ________________________________________________ 12,060 tons. 



Stock of wine on hand ________________ _ _ 2 034 550 gallons. 



Cooperage ------------ ...... 4,147,150 gallon, 



