DESCRIPTION OF YAE1BTIES. 



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THE HERBEMONT GRAPE. 



tolerably firm liber. Its good resisting power 

 against Phylloxera is due, probably, more to its 

 exceedingly strong root growth, than to the tex- 

 ture of the root itself. Canes stout, with strong 

 crooks at the joints, laterals well developed, and 

 considerable down on the young growth. Wood 

 hard, with a small pith. Tolerably fair wine 

 has been made from it, but we could not recom- 

 mend it for that purpose. Only as a market 



grape it is considered valuable by many, on ac- 

 count of its earliness and great productiveness; 

 but even as such it is inferior to several others. 

 (Framingham and Seneca are almost identical 

 with the Hartford.) 



Herbemont. Syn: WARREN, HERBEMONT' s 

 MADEIRA, WARRENTON, NEIL GRAPE. *f (^Bst.) 

 Origin unknown ; it was propagated as early^as 



