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phylloxera, and I believe it was brought on rooted vines. Cuttings 

 taken at the time cuttings are usually taken do not have phylloxera on 

 them. I will say it is hard to take rooted vines and transfer them with- 

 out transferring phylloxera. These resistant vines always have some 

 phylloxera on them. 



Mr. CRAW. I would like to remind the grape-growers that it is not 

 the phylloxera alone that they have to look out for, but they must also 

 look out for the mysterious Anaheim disease, which attacks all kinds of 

 stocks, resistant and non-resistant. 



TWO NEW GRAPES OF PROMISE. 



By PROF. GEORGE HUSMANN, of Napa. 



Hungarian Millennium —In May, 1897, Professor Heiges, then U. S. 

 Pomologist, sent me four cions of the Hungarian Millennium grape, 

 accompanied by the following letter: 



This grape was named in commemoration of the foundation of Hungary as a nation, 

 one thousand years ago. The cions were sent by Sigismund Keekemet, Pesth, Hungary. 

 The illustrations accompanying the cions present a magnificent bunch, with large indi- 

 vidual berries. We retained some of the cions and propagated from single eyes, fearing 

 there might be difficulty in getting them to unite with stocks in their apparently dried 

 condition. We have forty promising plants which we can send out next fall, should 

 grafting fail. 



The four cions received were grafted on strong resistant vines. Three 

 of them united well and made a strong growth, so that they already set 

 an abundant crop in 1898. They bore a full crop this season, were ripe 

 on the 15th of September, when the following description was taken: 

 Vine a strong grower, with close joints; Leaf large and heavy, heart- 

 shaped, seldom lobed; pale green, downy beneath; vine very productive — 

 adapted to stool or close pruning, bearing an abundant second crop, of 

 fair-sized bunches and berries, which fully ripened and proved of fine 

 quality the last of October; Bunch medium to large, compact, shouldered ; 

 Berry large, round, resembling the Malaga in size and color; white or 

 pale yellow; transparent, with few seeds, very sweet, of pure flavor, skin 

 not thick but tough; will ship well; quality best. 



I am fully satisfied that this will be a fine market and table grape, as 

 it kept here in excellent condition for over two weeks. I also believe 

 that it will make a fine white wine, though of course it could not be 

 tested for that yet. 



The Hybrid Franc. — This grape was much lauded in French reports 

 as entirely resistant and making a choice red wine. It originated with 

 Mr. Franc, was named after him, and awarded a medal. It is a hybrid 

 between the wild Rupestris and the Cabernet Sauvignon; said to unite 



