The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS,
A. p. Hayne, Instructor in Viii
culture, Talks About the
Phylloxera.
Unitarians Believe in Their Legal
Right to Use Stiles Hall as a
House of Worship.

Gently received many letters from vine
growers in various parts of the State in
quiring into the means of Kidding the
phylloxera pest, VIII ich is quite prevalent
in certain parts of California at this time. /
This great influx of communications
seems to. have been due largely to
special articles on: the phylloxera which
have appeared in recent editions of The
CALL.
"A. P. Hayne, instructor in charge of. the
viticultural department, said to-day that
he was overrun with letters of inquiry and
samples OF diseased roots from vineyard
lists who desire to know whether their
vines are affected: with the dreaded pest. "
::"There is one thing, said he, THAT
wish to especially impress upon those who
send us cuttings of supposedly diseased
vines, and that. is, they must send live
roots. since the phylloxera exists solely:on
the sap of the growing vines and when the
root dies the pest perishes also. 1t is not
essential that the roots forwarded for ex-
animation should be large. Fibrous roots
will do just as well, but they must be
alive. The only proper way to pack sam
piles for shipment is to wrap them in damp
paper and box them up tightly. They
should be transported to the experiment
station as soon as possible so that they
may drTiVe' 1feSn.: LII SeuullS ulSedSeu
leaves number should be selected, and
the same precautions Ia the matter OF
shipment be observed.
accompanying the samples OF diseased
vines there should be statements giving
the symptoms, stating whether one vine
was affected or a number, how long
affected, what variety and the kind of soil
upon which grown:
"All that can be done without complete
details or with dead roots" said Mr..
Hayne, sis to guess at what the trouble is,
and We do not propose to do any guessing"
Letters from viticulturists requesting
vine experts to visit their: districts have
been received from counties as far south as
San Bernardino and as far north as:the. ex-
treme limit of grape culture iii California.
Messrs. Hayne and Bioletti left this
afternoon upon request OF number OF
northern yine-growers for st. Helena and
Napa and Sonoma valleys for the purpose
of locating the phylloxera and recommend
ing means for its determination.
Continuing, Mr. Hayne said that the de-
partment had just received from France a
number of samples of select, improved
wine yeasts or ferments. They are from
the best vineyards of the Rhine, Medoc,
Sauterne, Italy and Burgundy, and some
of them have been found to do especially
Southern France and Algeria. They have
been successfully tried abroad and have
improved the quality of the wines from 10
to 10 per cent in market value.
I'VE propose to distribute samples
through the State, and at the same time
carry on experiments here in the labora-
tories in connection with other class work
in vinifcation,' said he. "If the expert
ments are successful and there is everyin-
sdication that they will be, arrangements
will be made in coming years so that wine
growers can always have a supply of these
yeasts at nominal price.
DR.. LIE Conte Will Work On.
A report gained ground among the stu
dent body to-day that DR.. Joseph LIE Conte
would not give any courses at the nniver-
sity after this year, but when asked with
regard to the rumor he expressed much
surprise and said: 81 have no intention
whatever of disseminating my work; in
fact, 1 expect to die in the harness"
He met his first class of the term yester-
day morning and upon entrance to the
lecture room a loud round of applause
greeted him. When the cheers had SUBJ
sided he said: II hope our associations
with each other will always continue to be
as pleasant as they are now"
DR.. LIE Conte expects to publish another
work soon on Evolution and Its Relation
to the Animal Kingdom" and new edi-
ton of his Geology" The reason why
his publishers desire DIR. lie Conte to re-
wise his Geology" at once is because ana,
the great naturalist, came out with an edi-
ton on geology shortly before his death,
and they wish to be able to say that LIE
Conte's Geology" is. 'up to date"
. In speaking of his other work he said
'sThere IS one thing wish to do before
great while, and that is to gather UP some
of my miscellaneous articles and publish
them. | have enough on hand to make
four or five good-sized Volumes"
Stiles Hall Controversy.
Professor William Carey Jones in an
interview to-day with regard to the right
OF the trustees in charge of Stiles Hall to
lease the upper hall of that building to the
Unitarian church as q place for holding
services, said; 1.-THE trustees of the Uni
tartan Church have leased the upper audi
forum of Stiles Hall from the trustees OF
that institution. Stiles Hall is not uni
versity building, and the Board of Regents
has nothing whatsoever to do with it;
nor has the faculty. The control Of the
trustees of Stiles Hall. There is an au-
thoritative statement on this point in the
History of the University" which shows
that the first offer of Mrs. Stiles to the Y.
Nj. G. A. was was not responded to, and so
the whole direction of the property is in
the hands of its trustees.
1.-THE articles of incorporation provide
Indb Ihe pulioinS sHdl DC uSeu Dy the
Young Mems Christian Association and
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton, and other religious organizations as
they shall from time to time arise in the
university. Further, it may be used by
other student organizations, so far as it's
use may not interfere with the religious
uses of the building. There is no prefer
ence given to any sect"
Rev. DR.. Bentley, pastor of the Metho-
dist church, to-day conceded the legal
right of the trustees in the matter, but he
expressed himself as being strongly op-.
posed to the use of the hall by any reli-
gious denomination, orthdox or heterodox
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The expression in the prayer book,
kindly fruits of the EARTH" has for most
rersons no definite meaning ON accnunt