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CEP AGES. 



Ganzin created by the union of Aramon X Rupestris 

 Ganzin No. i with large Clairette, a hybrid which he named 

 Golden Clairette Ganzin. It is a cepage with white grapes, 

 very fructiferous, ripening late, giving sweet fruit, and rela- 

 tively good wines. The Alicante-Gamin was obtained by 

 the fecundation of Aramon X Rupestris Ganzin No. I with 

 Alicante-Henri Bouschet. It is a very fructiferous cepage 

 with coloured juice, giving a -very fine wine, but it is also a 

 hybrid containing Vinifera strain, and its resistance, like that 

 of Golden Clairette Ganzin, seems very doubtful. 



Hybrids of V. Vinifera, V. Labrusca and V. 

 Rupestris. Only one of these hybrids (Triumph X 

 Rupestris) has been tried by the writers in the chalky soils 

 of the Charentes. Its composition is as follows: V. 

 Vinifera, *4 ; V. Labrusca, *4 ; V. Rupestris, l / 2 . The slight 

 strain of Vinifera it contains has not endowed it with resist- 

 ant qualities to chlorosis, it becomes very intensely yellow, 

 and is therefore of no interest for reconstitution of vine- 

 yards. 



Hybrids of V. Vinifera, V. Rupestris. and V. Lince- 



cumii. Seibel, of Aubenas, obtained many hybrids of this 

 group, which are very fructiferous, and would give a wine 

 of good quality (Seibel Hybrids). We doubt their resist- 

 ance to phylloxera, and their resistance to chlorosis is un- 

 known. 



Hybrids of V. Vinifera and V. Arizonica. None of 

 these hybrids (if obtained in France), have been, so far, ex- 

 perimented upon. We cannot therefore state precisely their 

 qualities of adaptation. We can however presume, after 

 what has been said of V. Arizonica, that it is probable that 

 these hybrids would resist chlorosis better than those of 

 Rupestris, without however possessing their great -vigour. 



Hybrids of V. Vinifera and V. Riparia. The V. Riparia 

 resists chlorosis better than V. Rupestris. We may there- 

 fore expect that its hybrids with Vinifera will be less subject 

 to chlorosis, and this is actually the case. In the experi- 

 mental plots of the Viticultural Station of Cognac, the green 

 tint of the Riparia hybrids is readily distinguishable from 

 that of the Rupestris hybrids; and they seem superior to 

 the best of the latter. 



