562 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Vitis Berlandieri, Planchon. 



Texas and New Mexico. This is one of the species the roots of 

 which resist the Phylloxera vastatrix ; hence this plant is also 

 chosen for stock to graft on [Millardet, Bouisset]. A West-Mexican 

 Vine of the province Sinalva is turned to account for wine-vinegar 

 and comfitures. The taste of the fruit is somewhat like that of 

 Muscat. With widely branched roots it likes to grow among rocks, 

 whereby the plant can bear intense dryness during eight months 

 annually. During the rainy season the growth of the plant is 

 extremely rapid, overwhelming any other vegetation near. Foliage 

 deciduous ["Bulletin Soc. nation. d'Acclimatation de France" 1892, 

 p. 538]. 



Vitis Californica, Bentham. 



Prof. Hilgard considers this a good species for grafting on to it 

 the European vine, as it is of more rapid growth than V. riparia 

 and resists the Phylloxera ; it is however very subject to mildew. 

 It prefers a heavy rich soil. In its native rivular glens it ascends 

 high trees, forming leafy domes or vast festoons in the forests. 



Vitis candicans, Engelmann. 



The Mustang-Grape of Texas, extending to Florida. Suited for 

 warm dry climes. Climes to a maximum-height of 80 feet, and- gets 

 finally a stem of nearly 2 feet diameter. Bears abundantly. Mr. 

 Buckley obtained from a plant, 8 years old, 54 gallons of juice; but 

 the wine obtained is inferior to that from some other American species. 

 The variety Solonis is derived from crosses between V. riparia, 

 V. rupestris and V. candicans [Prof. Millardet]. 



Vitis Capensis, Thunberg. 



South-Africa. There employed for crude baskets and crates of 

 extraordinary strength and capable of enduring the roughest usage 

 [E. Galpin]. 



Vitis Chantini, Lecard. 



From Guinea and Senegambia to Abyssinia, ascending to 5,000 

 feet. A tall rampant species, producing tubers. Berries edible. 

 V. Faidherbii and V. Hardyi are varieties [Planchon]. Allied to 

 this species is also V. asarifolia (Baker) from the White Nile and 

 Zanzibar. 



Vitis cinerea, Engelmann. 



Valley of the Middle and Lower Mississipi. Of near affinity to V. 

 asstivalis. A large vine. Resists Phylloxera. Some hybrids from 

 this serve well for stock to graft on [Millardet]. Hybrids between 

 V. cinera and V. rupestris are particularly vigorous and almost 

 completely proof against Phylloxera. 



