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value as a grafting stock, and cannot be used as a direct producer on 

 account of the taste of its fruit. 



t Logan. 



A prolific black variety. 



t Maxatawney. 



A white sort, rather suited for table purposes. 



t Martha. 



A white sort, with less foxy taste than many of the others. 



t Miles: 

 An early black grape, somewhat free from foxy taste. 



t Perkins. 

 A pale lilac early grape, with very pronounced foxy taste. 



t Rebecca. 



A beautiful white grape, but of little value. 



t Tokaylon. Synonyms : Wyman, Spofford Seedling. 



A robust, vigorous, rather late, black variety, almost free from 

 foxy taste. 



VTTIS RIPAEIA. 



The Sand or River grape of the Americans. 



The varieties derived from V. Riparia are of great value as stocks 

 to graft on, being thoroughly phylloxera-proof, and thriving in most 

 sorts of soils. They cannot be employed as direct producers on 

 account of the flavour of their fruit, which is rather acrid than foxy. 

 Some of them only bear male flowers, and are necessarily sterile. 



The following are the main characteristics of the species : Very 

 spreading slender grower, but capable of covering large surfaces; 

 long- jointed wood; leaves at first folded along the midrib, but after 

 opening out flat, they are usually heart-shaped or three-lobed, with 

 sharp teeth, upper surface smooth, and often very glossy, under- 

 surface duller in colour, smooth, or with a few hairs on the veins 

 (when the leaves first come out they are sometimes very downy); 

 bunch usually small; berries small, with a less pronounced foxy taste 

 than those of V. Labrusca; seeds small. The sorts derived from V. 

 Riparia come into leaf, blossom, and ripen very early. 



f Clinton. Synonym : Worthington. 



This red variety is extensively grown in America as a direct pro- 

 ducer, as it is a fair bearer, and its wine is of good colour and body. 



