IN AMPELOGRAPHY. 23 



Berlandieri (Varieties). 



VITIS .BERLANDIERI. AMERICA. 



Group No. 1. 



LEAVES. Bright green, large, elongated, the lateral 

 margins often parallel, often folded along 

 the mid-rib, smooth and relatively thin. 

 Tomentum slightly abundant. 



UPPER PORTION OF GROWING SHOOT. 



Young leaves, golden -yellow, gradually pass- 

 ing to the definitive colour. 



Apex ashy, light carmine. 



WOOD. Hazel colour. 



Group No. 2. 



LEAVES. Deep shining green, as if varnished on the 

 upper face, rounded, thick, margins largely 

 undulating, often folded conically. To- 

 menturn more abundant than in Group No. 1. 

 Teeth very blunt. 



UPPER PORTION OF GROWING SHOOT.- 



Young leaves, bronze- violet-ashy, becoming 

 strongly bronzed, and passing suddenly 

 to the definitive colour. 



Apex whitish, light carmine. 



WOOD. Reddish-grey, strongly striated. 



Group No. 3. 

 LEAVES. Large, rough, wrinkly along the principal 



veins. Veins vinous red, especially near 



the point of insertion on the under face. 



Teeth very blunt. Petiolar sinus almost 



closed. 



Group No. 4. 

 LEAVES. Folded along the mid-rib, margins strongly 



revolute underneath, very glossy. 



