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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL RESISTANT STOCKS. 



In order to enable the grower to determine the correctness of the 

 labeling of his resistant vines, the following brief description, adapted 

 for the most part from "Les Vignes Americaines" of Prof. L. Ravax 

 and accompanied by reproductions of original photographs, will be 

 of assistance: 



FIG. 1. Riparia Gloire de Montpellier. One third natural size. 



Riparia Gloire de Montpellier (Fig. 1). The most vigorous of all 

 varieties of Riparia. Leaves very large, as wide as long; young leaves 

 and tips pale green, canes and trunk thick. Male vine. 



