Herbemont- 



DESCBIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



-Seedlings. 105 



THE HERBEMONT GRAPE. 



It seems that but very few seedlings of the 

 Herbemont have been raised ; at least we know 

 -of none that were disseminated. One Herbe- 

 mont seedling is mentioned by Dr. Warder in 

 his description of the " Longworth School of 

 Vines." The Pauline (see description) may 

 by a seedling of Herbemont, as also the Katfs 

 Seedling, from Kentucky, and the Muskogee, 

 'but little is positively known of these varieties. 



The McKee was looked upon as a Herbemont seed- 

 ling, with fruit larger than Herbemont and bearing 



about a week earlier, but now, after careful compari- 

 son, it is pronounced as identical in every point with 

 Herbemont. Onderdonk does not pronounce it to be 

 the Herbemont itself, showing some difference between 

 the two, such as by starting later in spring ; but even if 

 this difference were permanent, and not produced by 

 local circumstances or conditions of soil, it would not 

 be sufficient to make it a distinct variety. 



If WE intended to raise new seedlings (which 

 we do not), we would select the Herbemont as 

 one parent in preference to almost any other 

 variety. 



