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Roots well and grafts easily, either as cuttings or in the field. Trunk 

 grows almost as large as the scion. Vines on this stock bear well, and 

 the grapes are large, sweet and early. 



Riparia Grande Glabre (Fig. 2). Very vigorous, but does not grow 

 so stout as the Riparia Gloire. Leaves large, longer than wide, with an 



FIG. 2. Riparia Grande Glabre. One half natural size. 



almost rectangular outline, due to the short terminal lobe and the 

 straight sides. Roots thin, hard and wiry. Fertile vine. 



Roots well, but does not take the graft so well as Riparia Gloire. 

 Almost equal to Riparia Gloire, but subject to ' ' f olletage. " Folletage, 

 or sudden dying of the vine, is a common fault of the unselected 

 Riparias formerly grown in California, and for this and other reasons 



