THE GRAPES OF XEW YORK. 1 13 



shining; pulp less solid, more acid and without muskiness. Seeds about one-half the 

 size of Rotundifolia, similar in other respects. Leafing, flowering, and ripening fruit 

 very late. 



In 1830 Rafinesque described, under the name Vitis peltata, or Vitis 

 ■floridana, "a very singular species, lately found in Florida." This descrip- 

 tion is brief and includes many characters of no taxonomic value. In 1885 

 or 1 886, Mr. J. H. Simpson of Manatee, Florida, sent a specimen of a graj^e 

 growing in his locality to Munson which was taken to be Rafinesque's Vitis 

 peltata. He consequently described it under the name Vitis floridana but 

 the species was not generally accepted. Later Simpson gave it the name 

 Vitis munsoniana. 



Its habitat is central and southern Florida and the Florida Keys, 

 and it is said to be the only grape growing on these Keys. It extends 

 south of the habitat of Rotundifolia and blends into this species at their 

 point of meeting. 



Munsoniana appears to be a variation of Rotundifolia, fitted to sub- 

 tropical conditions. It is tender, not enduring a lower temperature than 

 zero. In the matter of multiplication it differs from Vitis rotu-ndifolia 

 in that it can be propagated readily from cuttings. Like Rotundifolia it 

 is resistant to phylloxera. The species is of no value horticulturally. 



3. VITIS RUPESTRIS Scheele. 



I. Scheele, Linn., 21:591. 184S. 2. Ravenel, U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt., 1859:539. Mountain grape 

 of Texas. 3. Buckley, 76., 1861 1485. Rock grape. 4. Prince, Car. iV/on., 5:73. 1863. Bush grape 

 of Texas. 5. Engelmann, Mo. Ent. Rpt., 1872:61. Sand grape; Sugar grape. 6. Jaeger, Mo. 

 Hort. Soe. Rpt., 1883:41. 7. Engelmann. Bush. Cat., 1883:10, 11, 12, 14, 18. Rock grape; Sand 

 grape; Sugar grape. 8. Bush, lb., 1883:21, 26. 9. Munson, .\m. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885:132. Sand- 

 beach grape; Sugar grape. 10. Campbell, .Am. Poin. Soc. Rpt., 1885:84. 11. Munson, 76., 1885:97, 

 98. 12. lb., Soc. Prom. Ag. Sci. Rpt., 1887 :5<). Sugar grape; Sa>ui grape; Beach grape. 13. Plan- 

 chon, De Candolle's Mon. Phan.. 5:323, 346. 1887. Sand grape; Sugar grape; Mountain grape. 

 14. Munson, Gar. and For., 3:474. 1890. 15. lb., U. S. D. A. Pom. Bui., 3:7, 9. 1890. 

 16. lb., .4)11. Card., 12:659. 1891. 17. lb., Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1893:116. Rock grape; Sand 

 grape. 18. Munson, Bush. Cat., 1894:20, 22. 19. Husmann. 1895:110, 188. 20. Britton and 

 Brown, 2:411. 1897. Saiui grape; Sugar grape. 21. Bailev, Gray's Syn. FL, 1:421. 1897. 

 Sand grape; Sugar grape; Rock grape; Bush grape; Mountain grape. 22. Beach, .V. Y. Sta. An. 

 Rpt., 17:537, 557. 1898. 23. Munson, Tex. Sta. Bui., 56:234, 235, 239, 259. 1900. Rock grape. 

 24. Viala and Ravaz, Am. Vines, 1903:42, 82. 



