AMERICAN VINES. 



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would answer as a direct producer. It is completely dis- 

 carded now on account of its very small resistance to 

 phylloxera, which is only 8. 



Fig. 19. -Leaves of Vialla (after M. Marade) 



Description. Vigorous plant, with semi-spreading hahit, 

 medium trunk, with rough and deciduous bark. The canes 

 are long, large, and slightly sinuous, with a few ramifica- 

 tions, rather brownish during the herbaceous state, with a 



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