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THE GRAPE CULTURIST. 



The leaf of the Nebraska grape (Fig. 31) is cut- 

 toothed, the divisions being irregular and sharp. When 

 the divisions are larger they are called lobes. In the 

 Texas Post Oak grape leaf (Fig. 34), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, are 

 lobes, and the leaf is said to be five-lobed. The Yeddo 

 leaf is three-lobed, and the Nebraska and Oporto arc 



FIG. 32. THE SCUPPERNONG. 



obscurely three-lobed. In the Post Oak grape leaf the 

 lobes 1 and 5 overlap the leaf-stalk, and these portions 

 which do this are called alae, or wings; some of the 

 other lobes in this leaf overlap, but no distinctive name 

 is applied to them. The spaces between the lobes, as 

 well as the depression at the base of the leaf where the 



