, 1881-04-17

lature lately in session appropriated sever:
thousand dollars for the Mse Of the Stat
Viticultural COlnmission; and this will b
mostly used Il, 4, experimenting agalnst til
{ phylloxera. The %ortt n,eahs =. leaf-withel
err and tie insect has two chief types: On
| Of these types is winged, and attacks tic leu
Of the vine, tho tender shoots, and even til
ttntlrils; while the other is wingless, gail.
its Subsistence below the surface. a:-d attack
the tender roots. Tho winged variety is cs
pecially fertile. Coming out If the hibernat
ing: egg. the INSECT fasteDs Itself to a 1e:t
and this attachment causes ticshy swelIln!
Of Irregular stlape and reddish tint. 4 gal
being formed. the inclosrd plylloxera lay
eggs, and then, having died, the eggs repru
duce their kind. These escape, and ugaii
repruducc III the course Of Il month. Calc,l
hitting eight generations in a SEA
Son, and $40 as the product of, t!l*
III less tllaa a year. Starting W ittl asingle egg
no less than 2G,ooo, ,ooo,0co phyloxera, or !:
| NillIlber Sufficient to extend thirty times
around the earth. The root type, which has
the winged type, according to Prot. lli!.ard
being yet unknown. The grape-sines having
COME originality from Europe, they arc
generally Of the most. sensitive type. and,
rootlets begin to swell. The minute black
dot which marks the lesion is readily seen
on exalllination, and from this point the rot
hesllls. During the first year the vine shows
fruit; during the second year the vine is
slcf1!y with stuntcI roots; and during the
third year the vine refuses to grow
| 1T all For some reason not
! yet eNplalned, the disease does not
| travel so rapidly lit California as i'll France;
| yet, unless its progress hert. is checked, it
| promises to be more destructive than
cnni,inn, :rh ,,.sI;,e ~ ,r,''osati ~, 20,
w t,a ,,t,n,;o,l ~ ,,,.,r j.. ~ s..,', a"u
snii. tbe shmn,sinr ~ t,,. y;nns ~ 80 HaI .trn,
th ncst. , ,,." of ;n."c,in;'s - s"I u.1',a ,ns
rrffin" If vnri.ts n,nn ,,ntva ,,,.,. o,'
yin.s Witch nrs ,,hvlInx.r,.,,ranf l1f thne'.
tt,,. n,,lv nn, vnt fr,,,' ~ LIT.
fhe tl,ir ani hisnnhijn If .ar'n ~ IL -, ,s, -
insectici,ft. nru,,osrd. { ,nnnnfnrtorv @ ,vitI M
y caari1v IF +, I'M ,nn,.s ,.r ,n',rt,, n!s i'a.
ar,Iv een AZ siortp '9u's ~ ps[ om,.i t l'Is
nrn,n;nu tn snft rhn ,,rofi1,ct ~ ..;.,i,t H. oants
n.r r,und Al orIinarv tn,n,,erar.,r. m 4 is -
thicK. nrnvv. oily luI1id, n Irnn If ,vh;cH
passes into vapor almost 'iIu.nediately
n,;st,nons an,s kiifs the fnsecf Tha rnn,,;rnI
:lmn,nt Is rinced ,tnnsr re @ro,,n% +r,e ~
yau,r does n,,t chemically ct,,nbi,,, viii, fho
mHis,,1re If 1lln sul nc,,niratrs :,ii tha itar- @
~ he zines Whar..;'i t. f,iai =, t,o III T,rti
rro f,v,, I,,.n vii ,rt, war az ~ ,cr., i ihc,.
flays: The .J,,t nf fr,otur,t nor ncrn ;s
alm,,t -, Sinrc suhmnrsion ~ =, ,;t,rn;n !,
tnan viii = hnsn At pncli r;na ;n'tEa S.otn
.,I ,". eNni;m', ,,, I''e '.' uo .,sa!e,
chaner If snii in n1anv of tbc vinernr,is r
;lirry 1,Iantrd the rSt. of the h;snjn,,;,tn . ;s
mast nt nrS'.',,. mid ,vit " re:,rin,, l! -; ie ;4
'sst its at,ic,, .m ecnra.. '.',',. H. VI ~
;','.d 10 e'ae"es e'a se'tee's loiscf NC Ques~
'''' .oa .,
With the ph, llnxera arrested, it cannot be
doubted that the vineyards ot California Will !
liuitl the same relative position i'll tile New |
World which the vineyards Ut France hold |
the experimental period in this State. Pref |
udicc is being overcome, new varieties If
wines are heily Introduced and M increased
acreage is being planted Tile wines made
by the earlier Inhabitants were very intliTer-
cit lit quality, owing to the inferiori.y TT The
grape and tie primitive mode Of l,anutact-
,'re; i!ilu the placing OF this crude product {
upon the general market damaged the repu~ |
tarlon Of American wines to such de- |
gree that it, is with difficulty
Success in this direction, however, is bein.
rapidly assured. Here is the only section III
the Union where European grapes are, sue
cess1nlly cultivated; and, these being intro
dlce't into otlr vineyards under various
lsaMes, the climate which allows the currant
and Olii1lEe to ripen side BY side suOn trans
forms tileln into varieties peculiarly our own.
J ust ;s the choicest French. wines are pro-
duced frUm many different kinds of grapes,
50 mere me diHsretlt varieties ripen at differ
II n s.U .fIf,tis.I ]
ixnsr =; e !; ime ~ u
" rhe art nf n,xiny cors % T., ~ t.ipt;nl iale
md n hava sn..aSsn a;t,a, ~ ,, p"'utls
xleri..,;ce ami nhsarra,no are ss ss:an,isi .tis1
rie. c,,1nf ,,,.us an f ,tf,,r,,; &c tsse"tt'
he tmpr,can hn1aI.taen,rs ,rsn ,.e
ll,t nri1er vrndrrs nf tinp wi,,as ond tin"nrs,
mi f,,sa raosn,, ~ ~. bsIsi,r" I ,a4 49,,
,'tlv rvsn IL, th ran,,yt ~ s;, ;tia;,t, aS nee'i
sun;p,ssjnn " naarjv . ~ f.io.ws III o A'1eo1''1a1
i 'Thr rons,,mar ei5h.r fr,,,n snohh;ehnosc
. .,ot's;sr. 49, s.t. ~ S..uoo'"ttitesa
mar;conMo fro,n 45nnr,nc ,,aa ~ az, ~. ."tnS
is1 hmm hpno % furnsh..d wifI, oooo oooa nns ~!
vine. 4 e''N ''s@ ;
~, ns;ause ,ra tie usua, pIeelce VI uenanalng
-. , - n.stn .eap "n.es cuseIeu Htln
,a 5,.',1 uea 2 Iu.!n Mus ~ al!a.a!ueo oy
ne senuel IL tle prolesseu 70 lnthlsh native
et'i c,''ta M!ts! ,a 's.e Mnowla 10 os cneap h
-. - Iuse 'r''.a.s tne eEt'cutasehfne u the lree
,',,nr;;i ~ Sn "h.e h ~ tle tuolS Mou!u
nn,n ~ >A4o eA'A' ~ 1Ae o"A- |
Wi ,,,o e,,, , , I 1
=. necausS ieN ptopie knoN anything | a
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