Many of the inhabitants yet alive can remember the phylloxera destroying them."
"Merry-Garden and Other Stories"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The latter were subsequently accused of ruining the vines by their bad treatment, but most likely this was an error, it having since been made evident that European vines cannot be successfully cultivated east of the Rocky Mountains, where the phylloxera vastatrix prevails.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly
At Geelong lately the heroic measure of destroying the vines has been taken to prevent the spread of phylloxera.
"Six Letters From the Colonies"
Robert Seaton