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McKee (seedlings of Herbemont, of American origin). 

 Herbemont, of Aurelle (seedlings of Herbemont 



No. i and No. 2, or Aurelle) Resistance, 3. 

 Herbemont Touzan, (Herbemont Touzan, of Lauze) 



Resistance, 10. 

 White Herbemont (seedlings of Herbemont, of 



Malegue) Resistance, 10. 

 Black July Resistance, n. 

 Blue Favourite Resistance, 10. 

 Cunningham Resistance, 1 2. 

 Rulander Resistance, 2. 

 Car par (seedlings of Rulander), etc. 



The hybrid nature Vinifera X ./Estivalis (Jacquez, Rulander) 

 of these cepages was ascertained by numerous experimen- 

 ters. Millardet indicated, from their ampelographic charac- 

 ters, their relationship to ./Estivalis, Cinerea, and Vinifera. 

 This ternary relation is more especially marked' in Jacquez, 

 Blue Favourite and Rulander; and less marked in Herbe- 

 mont, Black July, and Cunningham, but, in all of them, the 

 ^Estivalis predominates in their ampelographic characters, 

 particularly in the characters of seed, berry, and leaf, except, 

 perhaps, for the Rulander, in which the Vinifera has had 

 more influence, which is decidedly evident in the character of 

 its seeds ; on the other hand, it also possesses the least re- 

 sistance to phylloxera. Herbemont and Cunningham, which 

 show the least influence of Vinifera, also evidence decided in- 

 fluence of V. Cinerea. We shall see, when studying their 

 adaptation, that the predominance of some of their progenitor 

 species explain these differences. 



The origin of these different cepages, particularly Jacques 

 and Herbemont (their descendants excepted), is very obscure. 

 Munson includes them in a general group corresponding to 

 the old ^Estivalis group of the south, of Engelmann, and 

 considers it as a species, which he named V. Bourquiniana in 

 honour of G. Bourquin of Savannah (Georgia), who tried to 

 determine the origin of this group. 



G. Bourquin held from his ancestors, who cultivated them for 

 more than 150 years, and according to him imported them 

 from Europe, two vines : Blue French grape and Brown French 

 grape. Munson considers the former would be the Jacquez 

 and the latter the Herbemont. According to these two 

 American viticulturists the Jacquez and Herbemont were 



