LUTHER BURBANK 



The foliage is beautifully colored in the fall 

 scarlet, crimson, yellow, or brown. But there is 

 a great diversity in the seedling vines in the color 

 of the foliage. Those with brilliant scarlet au- 

 tumn colors are generally considered the best. 

 There are also crimson ones. There was a vine 

 growing on my Sebastopol bungalow for years 

 which bore small clusters of insignificant fruit, 

 but handsome foliage. 



The Vitis hypoglossa is another uncommon 

 grape which I have grown for my own amusement 

 and interest. 



The Vitis rotundifolia, which has also half a 

 dozen more botanical names, is a tremendous 

 grower. It must be thinned out quite extensively 

 in order to get any fruit; the seedlings of these 

 make a mass of foliage and small branches, so 

 there is no opportunity for the vines to produce 

 much fruit. 



The various Scuppernongs are derived from 

 this southern species. I have grown them from 

 seed on numerous occasions. In a few cases these 

 have produced scanty fruits, but they were finally 

 destroyed as they make too much growth and too 

 little fruit. 



I have also grown the mustang or overbearing 

 grape, V. Candicans; the sugar grape, V. rupes- 

 tris; the V. monticola, Texana or Foexeana, the V. 



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