20 MANUAL OF MODERN VITICULTURE, 



The Jaequez ripens its fruit at the same time as the 

 Ararnon and Carignan. However, as it is advisable to 

 gather the crop before complete maturity, on account of the 

 lack of acidity of its must, it might be cultivated further 

 north and west than the latter if it were not for the attacks 

 of anthracnosis, to which it is very liable. In the Gironde 

 it grows well on the high table-lands, bat dies, on the 

 contrary, in the plains, succumbing to the attacks of this 

 disease. The same thing applies to the valley of the Iih6ne 

 and some districts of the Drdme. In the Ohio and Missouri 

 states of the United States it has been discarded for the 

 same reason. It can therefore be considered as a cpage 

 only fit for the south of France, where its limits would be 

 Nice in the east, Carcassonne in the west, and Montelimar 

 in the north. 



The Jaequez is also attacked by mildew, especially its 

 grapes, resulting in a heavy loss of crop in seasons favorable 

 to the development of this fungus. 



Although the Jaequez does not root as freely as the 

 European varieties and the V. Riparia, we may obtain a 

 satisfactory percentage of strikes when lignified cuttings 

 are used, and if proper care is taken when planting, and 

 especially if the cuttings are grafted. 



This c6page may be pruned with long rods when cultivated 

 in rich soils. The yield is then greater and its vegetation 

 more vigorous. 



HERBEMONT. 



Vigorous plant, semi-erect habit, more spreading than 

 Jaequez. (Janes long and strong. Leaves with three or 

 five lobes (Fig. 12), deep green, glabrous on the upper- 

 face, and light green with hair on the veins of the under- 

 face. Bunches large, long, shouldered, compact. Berries 

 small, bluish-black. 



The resistance of Herbemont to phylloxera is, like that of 

 Jaequez, rather low (12). Like the latter, it may produce 

 wine ; unfortunately its colour is too light, and does not 

 allow it to compete with the wines of the South. The 

 Herbemont fructifies late in the season, and its yield, which 

 is considered large in America where people are not accus- 

 tomed to the large production of the cepages of the south of 

 France is still smaller than that of Jaequez. Finally, 

 this vine does not adapt itself easily to calcareous soils, and 

 is very subject to chlorosis. 



