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Vitis girdiana Muns. Valley grape. 



Range: 5, 10. 



Site: Dry (rare), well-drained, moist, sun. 



Fruit: Berry, available August-September, persistent. 



A robust, high-climbing vine; roots soft, not completely resistant to Phyllox- 

 era; sensitive to cold ; subject to mildew, rot, and Anaheim disease ; often occurs 

 on sandy soil. 



Vitis helleri (Bailey) Small. Roundleaf grape. 



V. cordifolia helleri Bailey. 

 Range: 17, 20. 

 Site: Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry, available in July. 

 A vine. 



Vitis incisa, see Cissus incisa. 



Vitis labrusca L. Fox grape. 



Range: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. 



Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 



Fruit : Berry ; available August-October, dropping at once. 

 A vigorous, high-climbing, bushy vine ; roots large and fleshy, spreading, not 

 deeply penetrating ; growth of 1-year-old plants feeble, vigorous when estab- 

 lished ; does best in well-drained, alluvial soil but occurs in many, including 

 sand ; withstands cold well, heat and drought rather poorly ; not affected by 

 downy mildew ; berries falling singly when ripe ; easily grown from cuttings ; 

 susceptible to Phylloxera; seeds rarely produce plants true to type. 



Stomach records: Six species of birds, including ruffed grouse and ring- 

 necked pheasant. Observations: Much eaten by skunk, fox, raccoon, and 

 opossum. 



Vitis lecontiana, see Vitis argentifolia. 



Vitis lincecumii Buckl. Pinewoods grape. 



Range: 20, 25, 29. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 



Fruit : Berry ; available June-September, falling at once or persistent. 

 A vigorous, moderately-climbing vine, or a shrub if without support ; occurs in 

 sand, clay, loam, and other soils ; roots, long, hard, fleshy, penetrating deeply ; 

 fairly resistant to cold ; extremely resistant to drought ; susceptible to mildew 

 and rot; 75-percent resistant to Phylloxera; about 50 percent of cuttings take; 

 reproduction by cuttings often difficult ; fruit-bearing vines generally do not 

 self -fertilize ; seed germination prompt. Fruit often eaten by domestic turkeys 

 before ripening. 



Vitis longii Prince. Long's grape. 



V. acerifolia Raf., V. nova-mexicana Muns., V. solonis Hort. 

 Range: 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25. 

 Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 



Fruit : Berry, available July-August, long persistent. 



A vine or more commonly a small to large, stocky, erect, much-branched 

 shrub ; climbs vigorously in cultivation ; roots large, much-branched, hard, deep- 

 penetrating; occurs in sand and calcareous soils; drought and cold-resistant; 

 about 75-percent resistant to Phylloxera; not resistant to mildew or anthracnose ; 

 60 percent of cuttings root ; self-pollination rare. 



Var. microsperma Bailey, a vigorous, small-seeded form very resistant to 

 drought, occurs along the Red River in Texas. 



Vitis montana, see Vitis monticola. 



Vitis monticola Buckl. Sweet mountain grape. 



V. montana of Auths. not Buckl. 

 Range: 11, 17, 20. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry, available August-October. 



A slender, small-leaved vine with open foliage ; roots little-branched ; resistant 

 to cold, drought, mildew, rot and nearly completely resistant to Phylloxera; 

 slender when wild, stocky in cultivation; commonly occurs on limestone soils, 

 but grows moderately well on sand ; 65 percent of cuttings root. 



