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AMERICAN VINES. 



Taylor-Narbonne. This vine seems to be the result of a 

 seed of Taylor, sown by Narbonne (Fig. 73). Despetis studied 

 it with great care at his property, Yeuses (Herault), where 

 it gave indisputable results in calcareous soils, as fully 

 explained in a detailed study published by Jules Pastre. 



The general characters of the Taylor-Narbonne are very 

 similar to those of Taylor. There has probably been a hybri- 

 dizing influence of Riparia, endowing it with some of the 

 characters of Riparia X Rupestris, which accounts for its 

 relative resistance to calcareous soils. 



. 73- Leaf of Taylor-Narbonne. 



