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Description. Very vigorous plant with strong trunk, 

 semi-erect habit, rough bark detaching in irregular thonga 

 of medium length. Long canes, slightly sinuous, rather 

 slender ; internodes medium or short, nodes rather flat and 

 rather deeper than the internode in colour ; small glabrous 

 buds ; tendrils medium, trifurcated, becoming ligneous, 

 light coffee colour, diaphragm thin, flat above, concave 

 underneath. Leaves sub-medium, orbicular or cordiform, or 

 larger than long, like those of the V. Rupestris. Petiolar 

 sinus open, teeth short and blunt, slightly curled. Leaf 

 thick, of a bright green, glabrous and smooth on the 

 upper-face, glabrous and lighter green on the under-face. 

 Petiole rather long, forming a very obtuse angle with the 

 limb. Some of "the flowers are male, others are fertile. 

 Bunches, small, long, shouldered, loose, irregular, peduncles 

 and pedicles tender and herbaceous up to the time of 

 maturity. Berries small, spherical, black, with a slight 

 bloom, hard, with fine but strong skin, juice deep red, sweet 

 taste, but slightly acid after taste. Two or three small 

 seeds with short beak, similar to those of V. Rupestris, in 

 each berry. 



This ce*page is almost sterile. 



The Alicante-Bouschet x Rupestris, No. 136, has proved 

 very resistant to phylloxera notwithstanding its Franco- 

 American origin, its resistance being 19. It is remarkably 

 vigorous, and is a first-rate graft-bearer, knitting easily. It 

 does not withstand chalky soils, and, when grafted in such 

 soils, becomes yellow in bad seasons. It seems to have the 

 aptitudes of the V. Riparia, but has a larger trunk and 

 greater vigour. However, its superiority is not sufficient to 

 allow it to replace the Riparias. 



PETIT-BOUSCHET x IhpAKiA, No. 142 ECOLE. 



This hybrid, obtained at the School of Agriculture of 

 Montpellier, in 1883, is the result of a crossing between 

 Petit-Bouschet and Riparia. 



Description. Plant of medium vigour, trunk of medium 

 size, with deciduous bark detaching in long, fine thongs. 

 Canes long, straight, of medium diameter, internodes rather 

 long, nodes small. Tendrils medium, bifurcated, discon- 

 tinuous, lignifying in autumn. Bark hazel colour, slightly 

 straited ; diaphragm thin ; leaves medium, thin, five lobed, 

 petiolar sinus U shaped, lateral inferior sinuses fairly deep. 



