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Difirultorc. 
VITICFLTURAL COMMISSION 
MEETIMO AT SOMOVA.—BSTBSTMATINil 
I'BY I.tOXRKA's UAV AQVS. —T.EM M 'IBS 
ftjrootffrru. 
showed any signa of Wing affected. By recently. Lovolliug goea between the 
' this moatm he saved hii* ciwn vineyard and , two extremes: says "modern pruning 
m doing so hud In jlig up only lifty lines ; doe*not hurt Makes it n rule that when 
from a fifty-acre tract. He will continue I n vine eturta bunches, to leave four leaves 
'the Mime treatment, nml is sun that in beyond the last Imneh and there cut off the 
that wav he will postpone the fatal day 
1111 when his vineyard will be destroyed. 
branch. This rule followed in topping, 
our vines would not be injured. General 
.... ,T • ■ ' VM* ■ "'.Mini l 
Sick \ vines lire the nurseries and peat- n]iiui0n, excessive pruning or lopping is 
house- where the inserts is propagated injurious, moderate is beneficial 
..I I 1.. 1.. 1 111 • . . . . 
and should be destroyed. 
WTXORI) I'llV1 f.uV t.UA |)|Si:o\ f.lll n 
From that sterling AgriciiHuml Daily' 
the Snn Frmn*v /WWi./ w« wAir, Later uivwtuntmiiR show that the 
lb- proceeding!! arid r. suits of Ih. hid w j Ufr0 ,j Phylloxera has been discovered, 
meeting of the \ itieulh.,,1 t omrum-iou. , ^ ^„ nr ,j. \ Vo believe 
commissioned by the Doveruor ..etive a(ul muue , 1ial „ m<fwurw should 
aulhorjt.v of the State I, egislut ure. n »d will be taken to uproot all the vines 
Whrisl we are not in any dread of the t|jat hfl( „ tl)I . 1( , lM j.^Ltiona, and ln.rn 
t it l...tt.n- I /■» I >. ni'a. 
Black Knot — C'vubb was asked if lie had 
noticed it, He suiil yen, wna ve ry common; 
■ ....-.r.... »• • .. ' ^ V nuo 'llj VI MU IJHill | 
Lute i investigations show tlml the wlls ^sed by nu outside injury in hoeing 
I lii ii 111- 1 1)1* l'tl III VJif I >1 ir 'll... I,.. ... I 1... 
or cultivating, The bunch was formed by 
(he escape of the sap. Ho cut tin m ntV iii 
winter lime when pruning, and they heal 
Over.—,V. F, Hull'tin. 
DRY WINES. 
1 lie uppcUnlion, dry wines, ib a form 
used in all wiiio producing countries asa 
l.iml of an aid rcviation. It is applied to 
those wines when the sugar m the must 
or juice has been thorough]) fermented, 
that is to say, that all the grape sugar has 
vi i To i ,, i i . tUa < ha ve nm ie< 
much dreader pest it.« butler to be pw-,, bwlJ1 ou lhc - 8| , ol . 
pared, as to be H lor warn c-d is to be [ 1 
forearmed 
Th< meeting war. full of interest and ST HELENA VITICULTURISTS, 
largely attended,.being represented I by the J At Uie last meeting of the St Helena 
vumcultunst of that section as well as the j ViticuHuiists the following questions were 
n.munss.omrs. newspaper reporters and i w i lUli | ln | f„ r dwcueaion. 
Mens, de Immiti lle, agent of the 1 rcnch j W hat is pained in planting rooted vines - • - - . 
Government. (inetoad of cuttings? I bison converted into alcohol, and in time 
rm I AWtAdAXCE or wu.om.ua. Why not plant vines say 8x8 J feet apart - l,,lN •’•'"'biueil with the other component 
First, diseovc red in IMS in I lu vineyard ! on light soil 1 ' * j parts of the wine. Equality of theingredi- 
of .Mr. Guess, near the village of Sonoma. What is the earn-, of partial failure of ■ £***•' 1,1 } ,e m, *st m juice facilitates the 
Fin in this point i! has spread up ami j cuttings to grow this year t fermenting process. Any wine which lie- 
down the valley about nine miles and a *. ; — * T ' . fen,n ** Uv ***■**■«■*• *•« -- 
width of one and a half t-> three mil. , 
The rate of progress of the insect is nnl 
very rapid. In many localities from six to 
eight row t of vines had sickened since hint 
this year ? luiureuiiu" process. \ny wine winch bo- 
Why top vim s ? Is’thfn not mutilation ? i co “*® turbid by exposure to Iho air or at 
Nearly all agree that gone rally after “ “'gner temperature. cannot properly bo 
"mil d vines ana cutting^ had been planted cnlll ' < * f° r the simple mason that there 
• me yem, the dilfereue- could not l»c tliB- , B *'*^ r *'oiainH Bufflrridit unfei monied grape 
h II II i nu b. .1 1. ....... ... I 1 > HI I* (fl rflIKkri I I i I« . I i u t 11 r 1 .<■ i ■ or. If . .... 
I" the ab-enec in this section uf the winged 
form of the insects. 
Jtich soil, poor Noil, old vines aud young 
'iiich aJJ at.lacked the same, the strong*" 
vines and deep soil only bolding on tthe 
longer. 
. , .. ' • ' » Ml I II 
k' -or jinn, m goou. j tic main 1 lon : tbo result for dry wines would lie 
lobe observed was to plant a good niuc '’ satisfactory than it now proves, 
sound cutting, and have tlic eoil in gum! I)l,r ’"''luato is certainly such as to warrant 
eoinbtion Itsgnrding the partial failure ,,K '. eatl y ' in(l complete ripeness of every 
of cut lings i his year the unanimous opinion ['"'"L BQ d should nut be compared with 
was Hint it wiih cuiihed by the excessive lps * favored climalep whore the ripening of 
ram and itohl uf llm curly spring, followed grape particularly' goes on much more 
u\f v T subsequent dry north winda. 1 s . ,owl y- : »°metiii»'s uot arriving at inaUinty 
Aftci yi iii-: ,d investigation the French “ ! ' v, ' lll »g -aid he would not plant vims *''1 lain in the season,Mid perhaps not tlion- 
Luw found that most American rice- About the! u Induce light, dry wines. Hound and 
r- sist the attacks of the insect to a certain j Mar °« «'« best tinio ■ I ,ftr fect1y dry, it mjuiteu knowledge, eoro 
«* t, .-nt. i lu.mpHon plunted cuttings in the middle a,u ’ thore is any art in wine 
The roots of the IV- Oalifonrir,, v i n , ‘d Man 1, and tlmy did wall It ie not bes|! ® a W«ff, it concent,rutes on this point. 
t<. plant. L. --a riy ^ im-A ripe for bottling and which, whon 
»:r>noBit 
■ 'IU I AMElUOAN VINE 
U! T 1115 I 
-l, ; ,4li to 8*°"* ,J,,i Uf (tic u nit* 
din the cutting- have stood one year and 
mail, roots eillitn m nursery ,.j>vi* ot the 
' uiey ind, 
-M- Hill gave an account of the luatniv 
• ml progr.of the ravages of the .mmet 
: 
' l,M v 1 '7' 1 'iwnounc-..i 
I bylloxora by Pro I, lUjoy. 
A UK 
Mr. Hdl (ttv 
mcaKi.it- •- *ud 
i' . scarcely «ix lnotiths from lim iircss ahtiwn 
K- ug -ay. th.it whob inh, alangl.tm,ng l,ow bttle they know of Hu b!. , and cv 
It 11 ° h ' " *•«' ‘>3 tin by evaporation, taxation, storage, 
out in tvi-ng. It m injurious to cut Ipo «' 
U r oJ ,r . tOU , mUch ', 0,,I > <' ul small - 
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