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ON COLONIAL WINES. 
a few pounds, the materials for the systematic study of 
our vines, the testing of newly introduced kinds, — . 
and the introduction of such as are known to be proof 
against prevailing diseases. 
This most important work has hitherto never been 
attempted in Australia, and as it is to all intents and 
purposes one of Acclimatisation, I beg to urge that 
it may be taken in hand by the Society, and I can give 
assurance that the country will thoroughly appreciate 
the boon. 
Everything cannot be done in one year, but a good 
deal may be effected this season ; cuttings of the 
Hermitage, Chasselas, Verdeilho, Burgundy, &c, could 
be got from each best vineyard in our various wine 
districts and planted, so as to keep the several kinds 
together. There is abundance of time to obtain 
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specimens of the same varieties from South Australia 
and New South Wales. I venture to say that for a 
purpose of this nature, the vineyard proprietors of 
those colonies would be but too glad to contribute to 
the success of such an experiment, as important to them 
as to us. Later on, many vines found by experience 
in Europe and Asia, and still more in America, to be 
proof against the present class of vine diseases, might 
be obtained and acclimatized in Victoria. The sooner 
the line of investigation, found to be successful in the 
instance of apple blight, is applied to the vine the 
better, as it appears founded on reason and easy of 
working. 
There are in vineyards in South Australia, many 
varieties of Spanish and some Hungarian vines that 
we have not yet introduced, and such as these might 
be provided for at Echuca. 
