BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 
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Fig. 39. ZESTIVALIS FOLIAGE. 
VITICULTURAL REMARKS 
ON OUR AMERICAN SPECIES, WITH LISTS OF THEIR 
CULTIVATED VARIETIES. 
east of the R and over ir Europe, un- 
der the name of 4 American Grapes, all belong to either 
(1) Viris ae Pos (7 (Ak se UESTIvA 
(4) V.8 (12) V. cuteness and 
(13) V. sinter or RorunDIFo.ia, 
or are Hysrins (crosses between these or with Vitis 
The varieties which we cipal in this country, 
ocky Mo 
See vney as oie tise, by Dr. G. 
is sufficient to te Pt every paretisl ob- 
server, ae especially the botanist, to distin; penal them, 
the follow wing ‘ 
tes for each species, | and containing observations of 
important 
Y. Lazrusca, the ce of or the largest num- 
ber of our eultivads those most exten- 
Sively cultivated in our strange the offspring, is 
still the most limited local species, its home being con- 
the Atlantic Ocean and 
ountains. 
r. Engelmann desires local botanists to assist in 
species of Vitis; but there is no doubt about the wild 
bein; Mississi 
g unkn in the M 
ee —. ap there, OF tn : 
(Cunningham. ) y f 
pas 
ae e grape the V. Labrusca has la 
been over-estimated; the tough, musky Ms 
pulp of even the best varieties requires a / 
long and favorable season > haul ihe re- 
pest the acid center so op 
roper ratio of aad ingredient accaces for a@ pas- 
cable quality of win 
dps endorsing the above Bunter views of William 
= Washington, we do not ve to be Understood. as ad- 
brusea g ae for wine-making; we are well amarethat 
the bulk of our 
Un UL 
ceed, as far — to the Labrusca. Moreover, we 
recognize in this species a Northern and a Southern 
form (same as in the Riparia and Zstivalis), with dis- 
tinct characteristics. 
The Northern Labrusca-—a plant —— Mi hard- 
ie 
and fibrous roots, thick pith, and aig ber; with a 
new cultivated a alee however, this foxiness 
The Southern i. far more ‘tender plant. 
yery sensitive be casualties from unfay eatmos- 
pheric chan: climate, with few = feeble roots, — 
of only snoderaely Erma testes: ; but also witha much 
Mor ie 
7 L "4 ie ea it. 
difso M 
ey + ak 
not ripen sesog! nc Nort, except under the bene- a 
ee 
The ~ o i 
at , the second will a 
