. The California fruits and how to grow them. A manual of methods which have yielded greatest success: with lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state. Fruit-culture. Sulphuring Vines. 307 shoots. P. C. Rossi, a large vineyardist, recites this experience, both in the San Joaquin and Santa Rosa Valleys. ^TtLWe had all the vines affected by frost entirely stripped of the damaged shoots, and we had the pleasure of seeing that, in a short time after, all the dormant buds came out finely, with their regular two bunches of grapes; therefore we have lost only one-third of
. The California fruits and how to grow them. A manual of methods which have yielded greatest success: with lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state. Fruit-culture. Sulphuring Vines. 307 shoots. P. C. Rossi, a large vineyardist, recites this experience, both in the San Joaquin and Santa Rosa Valleys. ^TtLWe had all the vines affected by frost entirely stripped of the damaged shoots, and we had the pleasure of seeing that, in a short time after, all the dormant buds came out finely, with their regular two bunches of grapes; therefore we have lost only one-third of the crop. In order to make care- ful experiment we left a row of vines untouched, and the result proved that the vines that were not stripped did not do as well' as the others, as the dormant buds in many cases did not come out, and those that came out were not healthy and strong, and hardly had any grapes. The damaged shoots that were not removed died gradually, and at the junction with the cane new shoots came out without any grapes at all. The result clearly proves that we will have fully two-thirds of the crop out of the frost-bitten vines which were stripped of the damaged canes, while we had hardly any first crop and only a second crop on the vines which were not attended to. DISEASES OF THE VINE. One of the most prevalent diseases of the vine in California is caused by a. fungus which affects leaves, canes, and berries, and is locally known as '"'; This disease is recognized by grayish white coloring of the afifected leaves, which, as the disease progresses, shrivel and dry up; the young cane also blackens and dries, and the berries show whitish patches, which become darker colored and the berries crack open. The usual remedy for the trouble is finely-ground or sublimed sulphur applied several times during the season. The application is. The Sulphur Bellows. made with a "dredge" or a bellows. The dredge is a tin cylin- der with a handle at one
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