I40 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



appears to endure droutli better, although not equaUng in this respect 

 either Riparia or Rupestris. A southern or southeastern exposure gives 

 better results for Aestivalis or Aestivalis hybrid vines tlian a northern one. 

 The French growers report that Aestivalis is very liable to chlorosis on soils 

 which contain much lime. The leaves are never injured l)y the sun, and 

 they resist the attacks of insects, such as leaf-hoppers, better than any other 

 American species under ciiltivation. Aestivalis is rarel}- injured by rot 

 or mildew, according to American experience, but French growers speak 

 of its being susceptible to both. 



The hard roots of Aestivalis enable it to resist phylloxera, and varieties 

 with any great amount of the blood of this species are seldom seriously 

 injured by this insect. An oljjection to Aestivalis, from a horticultural 

 standpoint, is that it does not root well from cuttings. Many authorities 

 speak of it as not rooting at all from cuttings, but this is an overstatement 

 of the facts, as many of the wild and cultivated varieties are occasionally 

 propagated in this manner, and some southern nurseries, located in par- 

 ticularly favorable situations, make a practice of propagating it by this 

 method. It is doubtful, however, if it could be successfully propagated 

 from cuttings in New York. Varieties of this species bear grafting well, 

 especiallv in the vineyard. Aestivalis blooms just after Labrusca. As 

 might be inferred from its habitat, most cultivated varieties of this species 

 require a longer season to mature their fruit than that of New York. 

 On this account it is j^irobable that Bicolor, once known as a northern form 

 of Aestivalis, is more promising horticulturally for the North than the 

 true Aestivalis of the Southeast. 



VITIS AESTIVALIS LINCECUMII' Munson. 



I. (?) Rafinesque, 1830:0. V. Multiloba; Dissected vine. 2. (?) Prince, 1830:18^. V. 

 DivERSiFOLiA. 3. U. S. Pal. Off. Rpt., 1847:19c;. Post oak grape. 4. Buckley, lb., 1861:485. 

 V. LiNSECOMii; Post-oak grape; Pine-wood grape. 5. lb., Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sri., 1861:450. 

 V. LiNSEcoMii. 6. Engelmann, Mo. Ent. Rpt., 1874:74. 7. lb., Bush. Cat., 1883:16, 23. Post- 



'This name has been spelled " Lincecumii " and " Linsecomii." Buckley tells us ( U. S. Pat. Off. 

 Rpt., 1861 :4S6) that this grape was named in honor of " Dr. Gideon Linsecom" of Long Point. Wash- 

 ington County, Texas. Engelmann changed the spelling to Lincecum without giving any reason for 

 the change. Munson states that a daughter of Dr. Lincecum says that her father always spelled his 

 name Lincecum. It is inconceivable that Buckley did not know how to spell his friend's name. 

 There is other corroborative evidence that Buckley was either a poor penman, or did not read proof. 



