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canes dark-tinted, with darker flutings: sometimes the fluffy 

 hairs are only found on the summits of young branches; the 

 short bushy hairs on the ribs and occasionally on the sub- 

 ribs on the under-face of the leaf are often rather scarce. 



In the second group of glabrous Berlandieri, two subdivi- 

 sions may again be established: ist, those with leaves of a 

 dull yellowish-grey on the under-face, comprising the least 

 vigorous and least recommendable forms of Berlandieri; 

 2nd, those with very thick leaves, dark-green and very 

 shining on the upper-face, and shining yellowish green on the 

 under-face, with short supple hairs on the ribs and sub-ribs. 

 The varieties of this last group are the best and most 

 vigorous for chalky soils. 



Amongst these latter we will only indicate a certain 

 number of forms; other better forms may, perhaps, be iso- 

 lated by further selection. These forms, or rather groups of 

 forms, have recently been studied and characterized in an 

 important memoir published by Marcel Mazade in the Revue 

 de Viticulture (vol. V., 1896). They are mostly of very great 

 vigour and a real value for reconstitution ; their development 

 equals that of the best varieties of Riparia. Mazade has 

 isolated and selected most of these from forms introduced 

 and cultivated in various French vineyards. Those which 

 appear to us to have the greatest value in regard to their 

 resistance to chlorosis are the forms belonging to group No. 

 2; the forms in groups Nos. i and 3 are very vigorous and 

 of very great value, but they are, perhaps, a little inferior to 

 the types of No. 2 (especially the Berlandieri Millar det). 



It is certain that an elimination will be carried out among 

 the diverse forms which we cite, and we may already safely 

 consider the Berlandieri Millardet, Berlandieri Vialla, and 

 Berlandieri Ecole as inferior to the others and consequently 

 not worth cultivation. We will only mention the Berlandieri 

 Planchon, Berlandieri de Gr asset, Berlandieri Bouisset, 

 forms named by T. V. Munson, which are hybrids and not 

 pure Berlandieris, and are without value for resistance to 

 chlorosis, although very vigorous. 



Herewith the way in which Mazade subdivides and fixes' 

 the distinctive character of the forms of Berlandieri actually 

 known, taking into account the general characters which we 

 have given for the species and which are common to all the 

 forms, and also the general particularly distinctive characters 

 for the whole of the most meritorious Berlandieris. 



