SOIL FOR GRAPES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1118, 6 July 1882, Page 3

SOIL FOR GRAPES.

: "-- "Table grapes, and wine grapes require •'"'.different sorts of soil. The following' notes ''■'from'recent desoriptions of the Boil'in some '''"of the famous wine district's may prove of ,' 'value to viticulturiats ! ' : ''' In Medoo'the soil is light gravel, ofton'a mere heap of quartz pebbles mixed with«and of it-is ..sandy on the. surface underlaid with silicious gravel; some is ' limestone pebbles -resting on shelly lime- ' •■ stone and marly day, .-Soils, when clay provaihvsre the poorest -■■'. ■ -..,;.-■ - ;.kthe Burgundy district, the soil varies •' 'as follows ; Clay, with lime and iron, resting on alluvium ; maguesian limestone and ~. iron; coliticskib overlaid by Boil which lias "':iron and silex j li'-ne and marl for a subsoil. '"' About Kheims aud Epernay the subsoil i. „ .chalk, aid the' tliiu "sur/ace soil is carbon- '' ate of lime, clay, silica and iron, .'■■; ' Tie Johannisborg soil is a red olay and eoawe gravel with considerable iron. ; Hera, a* olaewhete,. among tho. noted wine diatriotsthe Seat vineyards are on what seems the poorest soil. Tho vines are planted closer than in California, The yield por year rangea from JSO to 250 gallons per ' year. " ■:■••■■