SC - grapes

[CorwynWdwd at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/18/2000 7:27:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
stefan at texas.net writes:

> If I remember correctly,
>  this was solved by grafting the tops of American vines that had been
>  previously imported from Europe onto the European root stock. Although
>  maybe I have that reversed. 

You have it backward, they used American rootstocks, whatever the pest was it 
was underground. I don't know if it was from European varieties exported to 
America, I think perhaps it was actually American grape rootstocks, but don't 
quote me on this. Of course, since both types of grape had to have had a 
common point of origin at some time.....

Corwyn