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to the attacks of phylloxera. It is one of the cepages which 

 are only sufficiently resistant when they are adapted to the 

 soil; its large roots allow it to thrive better than Riparia in 

 compact soils. The Taylor is now actually abandoned for 

 other graft-bearers, which are superior to it in the rare soils 

 to which it is entirely suited. 



The Taylor is less affected by chlorosis than cepages 

 derived from V. Labrusca ; as long as it is not too much 

 phylloxerated it resists chlorosis even better than Riparia 

 and Rupestris, for this reason it must be a more complex 

 hybrid than assumed by Millardet; perhaps it has a strain 

 of Vinifera. 



Fig. 70. Leaf of Noah. 



Noah. A vigorous cepage (Fig. 70), having a large trunk, 

 growing well in slightly compact, good, fresh soil, but greatly 

 affected by chlorosis in calcareous soil, even when growing on 

 its own roots. This is contrary to what is generally stated. As 

 a graft-bearer it is much inferior to many others, and has no 



