Vines having the slight red-leaf condition in the late fall mature their fruit about 2 weeks earlier
than vines having the severe red-leaf condition. Vines in the intermediate red-leaf group …

With difficult-to-root cultivars, indolebutyric acid (IBA) improved the overall rooting and the
numbers of usable rootings of cuttings of early-pruned vines of Salt Creek and Dog Ridge. It …

Freshly made cuttings formed callus first at the base of the cutting in 4-17 days at 29.5C.
The days, as also in the figures given below, depended upon the variety studied. Lower …

A three-year study was made to determine if optimum wine quality can be predicted by the
Brix/acid ratio. The results are reasonably conclusive that a Brix/acid ratio of about 30-32 is …

Transmission experiments from Mission vines to Emperor indicators showed that Mission
can Be infected with the grape leafroll virus. Foliar symptoms of leafroll are more distinct in …

The wedge is an improvement over the notch graft in being easier and faster to make. It
requires less skill than the notch graft and can be done at a high level with a good take …

Diploid and autotetraploid clones of Cornichon, Folie blanche [White Fool], and Zinfandes
were studied. The degree of self fertility of the autotetraploids was found to resemble that of …

Since the development of plant growth rootstocks which normally roof with diffiregulators,
much information has been pub-culfy. Harmon (8) reported improved rooflished on their use to …

Chip-budded vines gave as successful a bud take as T-budded vines at Davis, California.
Control of bleeding did not affect the take of chipbudded vines, but did affect take with T-…

Twelve-year-old vines of Thompson Seedless at the Kearney Horticultural Field Station (KHFS),
Parlier were chip-budded to Chenin blanc at intervals starting 1 February through 4 May …