The plantings have been mainly of hardy pioneer species best able to withstand the rigorous conditions.

But as more vineyards responded with massive new plantings of the variety, they found that fashions were changing again.

Examples of this occurred in south Italy and Spain when ancient Negroamaro, Primitivo, Grenache and Mataro vineyards were ripped up in favor of new Chardonnay plantings.

After the wines of northern Rhône were " rediscovered " by wine writers in the 1970s, plantings expanded considerably.

Many factors, including the success of brands like Lindemans ( part of Foster's Group ) and Jacob's Creek in the UK, as well as Rosemount in the US and UK, were responsible for a dramatic expansion of plantings during the 1980s and 1990s ; a similar trajectory occurred in California.

The Intifada leadership organized " tree plantings " and resorted to the tactics used in pre-1948 Palestine, such as ordering general strikes in which no commercial businesses were allowed to open and no cars were allowed on the streets.

The first commercial plantings in Brazil were made in the late 1930s and the first sisal fibre exports from there were made in 1948.

They were particularly popular as a street tree in avenue plantings in towns and cities, creating high-tunnelled effects.

Jekyll's series of thematic gardening books emphasized the importance and value of natural plantings and were influential in the U. S. In 1913 Beatrix married Max Farrand, the accomplished historian at Stanford University in California and Yale University in Connecticut, and the first director of the Huntington Library in California.

They were overjoyed when the plantings were completed, but it was not long before frost occurred, one after another, necessitating severe pruning, which only weakened the damaged trees.

Other improvements included removal of a line of conifers in the Temple walk, which were replaced with plantings of azaleas.

" Ammophila species were introduced in the late 19th century on the Pacific coast of North America as well, and massive, intentional plantings were continued at least through 1960.

In the 19th century, plantings in Bordeaux were often interspersed with Sauvignon vert ( In Chile, known as Sauvignonasse ) as well as the Sauvignon Blanc pink mutation Sauvignon Gris.

However, initial results were not promising for several reasons, including high levels of leaf roll virus in older plantings, and, during the 1960s and 1970s, the limited number and indifferent quality of Pinot noir clones available for planting.

By the 18th century, plantings of Cabernet Franc ( known as Bouchet ) were found throughout Fronsac, Pomerol and St-Emilion, making quality wines.

By the early 20th century, there were nearly equal plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc in Bordeaux with around by the late 1960s.

Most of these plantings were along the right bank of the Gironde in the Fronsac, St-Emilion and Pomerol regions.

Towards the end of the 20th century, even though plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon had rapidly increased in Bordeaux to a 2 to 1 ratio in proportion to Cabernet Franc, plantings there were over of the latter, nearly half of the country's total.

In the early to mid 20th century, some plantings of Cabernet Franc were mistaken for Merlot.

In Washington State, the first plantings of Cabernet Franc were cultivated in experimental blocks by Washington State University in the Columbia Valley during the 1970s.

Many of the estate grounds were designed by the landscape designer Adolph Strauch, who served as the Superintendent of Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in the 1850s, who later revised plantings when estates became public parkland, such as Eden Park and the of Burnet Woods, the former property of Jacob Burnet.

They reproduce slowly either by bulb division or seeds and have gradually naturalized from plantings in urban and suburban areas throughout the lower elevations and coastal areas in much of the West Coast of the USA since these environments mimic their native South African habitat.

Abacá was first cultivated on a large scale in Sumatra in 1925 under the Dutch, who had observed its cultivation in the Philippines for cordage since the ninteenth century, followed up by plantings in Central America in 1929 sponsored by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

The springtime plantings in the median, maintained by Trinity Church, are spectacular.

Tyrell's vineyard was planted with Chardonnay cuttings that he " borrowed " from Penfolds ' experimental plantings by hopping over their barb-wire fence one night and pruning their vines.

) By the late 1990s, efforts to promote " authentic " Chardonnay helped to increase plantings and by 2004 it was the 3rd most widely planted white wine grape behind Chenin blanc and Colombard.

Surrounded by seasonal plantings and gardens, the fountain periodically shoots water high into the air.

Squash has historically been pollinated by the native North American squash bee Peponapis pruinosa, and related species, but this bee and its relatives have declined, probably due to pesticide sensitivity, and most commercial plantings are pollinated by European honey bees today.

The Australian gold rush of the 1850s and 1860s saw the first recorded plantings of European chestnut trees, brought in from Europe by the first settlers.

The species may be ready for trial plantings in forests by 2010.

The " international varieties " of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot have gained some attention and use through experimental plantings by some bodegas but their use has created wines distinctly different from the typical Rioja.

In November 2010, a federal judge ordered the destruction of plantings of genetically modified sugar beets developed by Monsanto after ruling previously that the U. S. Agriculture Department had illegally approved the biotech crop.

Its streets are lined by hundred year old oaks, maples, and evergreens, plus decorative plantings which the town maintains in its right-of-ways.

The principal activities taking place on the first Earth Day included educational lectures given by experts in various environmental fields, garbage and litter pick-up by students along city roads and highways as well as tree plantings to replace the trees killed by Dutch Elm Disease.

The plantings reached by 1936, which is approximately its current level.

By 1968 plantings in the Libournais was down to 12, 100 acres ( 4, 900 hectares ) and fell further to 3, 460 acres ( 1, 400 hectares ) by 2000.

Pinot noir, which has very small plantings, is also permitted but that grape is being phased out by 2015 as Beaujolais winemakers continued to focus their winemaking identity on the Gamay grape.

Designed by architect John Blake-Kelly in 1964, the open space landscaping contains extensive native plantings, including a fernery, centred around three artificial lakes, created by draining marshy paddocks.

The horticulturist who designed the plantings and fixed the original color schemes was Isabella Worn ; she supervised the garden's maintenance for 35 years.

These early plantings were used to sustain the Roman garrisons but they soon became a holding of the local peasantry who made wine for daily and family use.

It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds containing 27-40 % oil, Large plantings and nurseries have been undertaken in India by many research institutions, and by women's self-help groups who use a system of microcredit to ease poverty among semiliterate Indian women.

But since the mid to late 20th century, the grape variety has fallen out of favor among French wine producers who are continuing pulling up their hybrid grapes and returning to vinifera-only plantings ( which are permitted for Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée AOC wines ).

It numbers would have likely declined even more drastically had the variety not capture the interest of Rhone Rangers in the late 20th century who began seeking out old vine plantings of the variety in vineyards Contra Costa County.

Evidence suggest that Louis XIV ordered the plantings of Melon de Bourgogne in the Muscadet region following the devastating frost of 1709 that wiped out many vineyards. The wine-growing tradition in the region where Muscadet is produced dates from an edict of the Roman emperor Probus who had the first vineyards planted by soldiers.