. The American entomologist. Entomology. l62 THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. PHYLLOXERA-PROOF VINES. In a recent address before the Missis- sippi Valley Grape-grower's Association, Mr. Geo. Husmann, so long and .well known for his efforts in behalf of this in- dustry, after extolling the merits of some of the newer seedlings of the Taylor, the wine from which he compares with the best Johannisberg and Deidesheim Riessling, remarks : While Mr. Rommel has perhaps attained the first and most marlied results with his Taylor seedlings, others have experimented with them also. I will mention here the Uhl
. The American entomologist. Entomology. l62 THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. PHYLLOXERA-PROOF VINES. In a recent address before the Missis- sippi Valley Grape-grower's Association, Mr. Geo. Husmann, so long and .well known for his efforts in behalf of this in- dustry, after extolling the merits of some of the newer seedlings of the Taylor, the wine from which he compares with the best Johannisberg and Deidesheim Riessling, remarks : While Mr. Rommel has perhaps attained the first and most marlied results with his Taylor seedlings, others have experimented with them also. I will mention here the Uhland of Mr. H. Weizdenieizer, at Herman, which makes a wine of very high character ; the Noah of Mr. Wasser- zeicher, of Nauvoo, 111., which is already well known among grape growers ; but especiallj' the seedlings grown by Mr. Nicolas Grein, of Her- man, which make a wine equal to the choicest hocks, and whicn may safely be brought in com- petition with the best Johannisberg and Deides- heim Riessling. This class is also phylloxera-proof, and as all of them grow very readily from cuttings, they are very easily propagated, and millions of cuttings have already been shipped to France, and even California, of the Taylor and Elvira—the only ones accessible in quantity—to serve as stocks to graft their Vinifera upon, as well as to test their wine-making qualities. They are all ex- ceedingly hardy, withstanding the severest win- ters without injury, and very little, if any, sub- ject to rot. We are therefore working upon a sure basis, and need not fear the reverses of the past, while we can produce from them a wine which can compete with the most renowned of Europe. While, therefore, the prospects of Missouri grape growers rest upon a surer basis than ever before, while we think that we see our way to a grand success, the prospects of France, Germany —in short, all the grape-growing districts of Europe—are darkening; and even California begins to feel the ravages of that insi
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