6 THE GRAPE CULTUMST. 



rugose, dark green, thick, leathery. Young leaves at 

 first pale pinkish underside, covered with whitish or 

 rusty tomentose. Clusters small, loose, simply divided ; 

 berries medium to very large, without bloom; skin 

 thick, more or less pungent, but not musky. 



Vitis Champini, Hanchon, Southwest Texas. 



Vitis candicans, Engelmann, east of one hundredth meridian in Texas. 



Vitis coriacea, Shuttle worth, Central and Southern Florida. 



GKOUP 4. LABKUSOE. (Fox Grape.) 



Vine strong, stocky, climbing vigorously; tip of 

 young shoots enveloped in rapidly growing and unfold- 

 ing leaves, and usually of a pinkish color. Young canes 

 densely tomentose, almost woolly, cylindrical, and as 

 they become mature are covered with short spinous hairs, 

 giving to the dark brown striated bark a roughness read- 

 ily recognized as a specific character. Leaves densely 

 tomentose while young, becoming rugose above and rusty 

 woolly beneath ; broadly cordate and lobed, the lobes 

 separated by deeply rounded sinuses ; clusters medium 

 to large, compact shouldered ; berries medium to large, 

 color variable, from nearly white to black, covered with 

 bloom ; tough pulp, and a strong musky or foxy odor 

 and taste. Only one species. 



Vitis labrusca, Linnaeus, Atlantic States and Tennessee. 



GKOUP 5. ^STIVALES. (Summer Grape.) 



Vine strong, stocky, climbing; tips of growing 

 shoots sparsely supplied with leaves ; young wood to- 

 mentose, or nearly smooth in some, while others have a 

 spinous pubescence around the joints ; tendrils pale or 

 reddish brown ; young buds usually reddish or crimson ; 

 leaves medium to large, with loose cobwebby hairs 

 beneath, smoothish when old, and dark green above; 

 berries small to large, with light bloom, mostly astrin- 

 gent, but sometimes sweet and vinous. 



