stivalis. 
GRAPE MANUAL. 
though we have never yet seen, or heard of either, an 
undoubted stivalis (wild) or a Labrusca in our p 
of Texas (S. W.)”—G. Onderdonk, Victoria, Texas. 
The following varieties of this most valuable — 
ones new untried and discarded es are now 
cultivated 
outhern Group. 
UNNINGHAM (Long), 
A LEN 
NoRTON’s VIRGINIA, LOUISIANA or it sae ?) 
(Several new varieties of this species, some chance 
seedlings selected in the forests of Arkansas, others 
raised from seeds of cultivated varieties, are on trial.) 
The quality of these varieties is so excellent that 
even the F: h tast quite satisfied. Only their 
size is unsatisfactory. ‘‘Dansce group se trouvent les 
oieparnes ont ~ goat se hE le plus des esse * 
iad: E. Planchon, Les 
delicat, et en tout cas fe 
Vi 
ignes 
Mr. Herman Pith of Neosho, sgn Missouri 
writes us: “Tn south-west Missouri, sou on Titinohe: 
r xas, (also in ssee and Ala- 
susceptible of irrigation is very limited. All the varie- 
of nty, 
which they much resembled, being long and compact, 
and yery prolific. Yet nobody thinks it worth while to 
plant a vineyard. ee sold in Austin last sammer 
at from 10 to 40 cts. per po 
“Land suitable for grapes can be bought i in a 
county, convenient to the Texas Central 
from $2.50 to $10.00 per acre, with a market for all or 
grapes and wine within a few hours’ travel by rail.” 
The heer of this group generally prefer a dry, 
ermingled with hue and decomposed 
The wood of the true Estiva 
with proper culture and favorable seasons, 
— they seh to such an ison that bites i are ile Si 
orthless. e ZEsti ver rots, and is the only 
truly pial & grape for privet States. _ was = 
mistake; - summer rapes (Estivalis) nearly of the 
size of Concord. are fi wing Arkansas, 
and IT am confident that oe ahs an will be 
a. their seed. ae large Hstivalis are 
ing chon one with the other we may ‘obtain large grapes 
for the south-west as juicy as as Herbemont, and as 
nealthy, Virginia, 
é as free from rot and mildew as no Labrusca ever will 
tion from rot however, unfortunately 
on State Geologist of Texas, writes: “At 
the Wilkins, of 
has been soe ie in the south-eastern States, 
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and even in parts 
of Arkansas. 
_ In southern and central Texas the gripe es 
e one wa: free from rot, sofar. Mr. 
small 0h and firm outer bark; 80 that it ‘t almost 
ik The 
iImpossl Dit 
bark im the one Year sar old wood is of a dark gray color, 
bluis! The roots are wiry and tough, 
peepee hard ber, penetrating deep into the 
ground, successfully defying the attacks of Phylloxera. 
Their resistive power has been fully estab- 
lished beyond adoubt. As astock for grafting they 
are far superior to Clinton—but we vate they are ry 
good and valuable to serve merel; a grafting stoc. 
Another form of the Vitis putea is the 
| Everbearing g grape, because itis suid to have ripe fruit 
table grape and good for wine. Mr. S. B. Buck- 
the place of 
Lamar county, Isaw 
onk writes: “Every year trate re | wine of ny they had.” 
clearly tl idel ttn anil Sie 
wes ACAGS ; ¥ v7 Pee ager, fae 
Estivalis gra ties of Vini- | mos erican of grapevines ‘was 
me Paiaigt gece om tele he yaa will not work, put imperfectly known, up to within a few years, even 
#8 in the sands of the immediate coast, or, as these ii eould not clearly d 
Pate may be prover vert, Sy: grating om guish V. Riparia from V. Cordifolia ; and in the 
the Rupestris.” | are they w 
gee very intelligent and reliable vine-grower writes 
us fiom Hex “Ihave been investigating the grape 
