DESCRIPTION OF VAKIETIES. 



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THE HERMANN GRAPE. 



foliage, but the leaves are of a lighter color, the 

 stems covered with peculiar silvery white hair- 

 like threads, and the leaves somewhat more 

 deeply lobed. It is, like its parent, very^diffi- 



cult to propagate, and will rarely grow from 

 cuttings in the open ground. Roots wiry, very 

 tough, with a smooth hard liber, defying all 

 attacks of the Phylloxera. Canes of medium 



