IN AMPELOGRAPHY. 93 



Taylor. 



HYBRID OF V. RIPARIA AND V. LABRUSCA. AMERICA. 



LEAVES. Stiff, hard, generally wrinkled between the 

 veins, folded conically, sometimes folded 

 along the mid-rib. 



Under face, ridge of veins perfectly glabrous ; 

 the two main superior veins always violet- 

 coloured, between their point of insertion and 

 their first division. 



UPPER PORTION OF GROWING SHOOT. Slightly 

 bent, light-green, very glabrous, without a 

 trace of pink or violet colouration. Very 

 young leaves folded along the mid-rib, but 

 only slightly enclosing the terminal bud. 



