Rotundifolia. 
GRAPE MANUAL. 
Hybrids. 27 
brusca”’ and even to other ogee mer ewes species 
has ever been designated by the name ‘‘Rotundifolia.” 
This latter designation » would avoid octanin in the 
- pay Man 
ike any 
botanists, including Bert , Le Conte, Rafinesque, 
Ravanel, and Buckley, Gilowed npuonees 
* Rotundifolia,”’ and we may be e 
Linneus in this instance, and feel justified in 
known 
ape C sooner 
The V. Rotundifolia is serintly 
fined to the southern States, and in foliage and wont is 
unlike any other grape, either native or foreign, 
fh 
ra like those of pone? gi opin The va 
of this type cannot be grown from cuttings. Pru 
does not benefit —: on pase contrary, they must be 
any trimming, — cutting 
und 
erected to support the 
some good cultivation of the soil, they produce ie 
all. and sure crops, being entirely free 
and mildew, and, its , also from the attacks of 
insects. Vitis Rotundifolia, so far, enjoys perfec 
immunity Phylloxera, (some galls have been 
t 
flavor, that it cannot satisfy 
the refined French taste; and, as a grafting stock, the 
ess of the wood and different construction of the 
bark make the Rotundifolia ee for this purpose 
df agoieemaier: of Augusta, eorgia, 
ScurrERNoyG, seal THoMaS, 
ENDER ue Peper, and Ricumonp (there 
1 ing under the name of 
HYBRIDS. 
Besides the varieties referred to either the one or the 
other of these species, we now cultivate many grapes 
which originated by cross-breeding, either through the 
agency seit mips: or keacti: or through the efforts and 
skill of m 
The ‘ocak or natural a hnlgerse is no doubt of 
big dl frequent oceurrence, but, as 
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s ba 
fab 41: it Pe Ae ee. ae eee ee | 
following new hypothesis, viz., that the stigma of the 
oes not receive the pollen of its own pend case 
breez 
tion where different varieties, blooming ee the same 
time, are growing in proximity to each oth 
Without discussing the subject any tank we state 
that we hutiere to recognize in 
the ALVEY, a a dea sarees Peg me Vinifera: 
the CREVELING Ri 
iparia ; 
the pele « ee or 
the Exvrra, “ = Ripar. ‘ Lelectich, 
and so in a few others (as mentioned in their 
description 
ot two distinct sp c 
botanists, we are glad to find our rererens 
endorsed by the botanists of both this country and 
Europe. 
From later raed (since the issue of 07 
edition) we are led 
g of the prcgeercs ce! 
Era, , Pear 1 
— 8 » Taylor Seedling Noany, hie Accidental c crosses 
more hasan. though admitted but in few varieties, 
such as Beauty (Catawba with Maxatawny), 
and Nracara (Concord einen with veorcmend: gens ge- 
nerally claimed ings.” 
The sec hybrids pee ee y artificial 
cross-fertilization, though of but Teeent. date, are ventas 
waite have been attained through this’ agency. When 
the supposition that the seedlings from foreign spe- 
ies, raised in our own soil and climate, would be more 
lence of the foreign with the health and 
native plants, ‘ont hor 
HI : ae ees i ae 
nearly or quite caidas Le 
ut for aes = on cherie seale, all a 
| native = 
this country. Itis a remarkable fact that some of these : 
‘they are § gener: 1 in the vineyard, or 
are destroyed. eee from the great tendency to 
Variation emo of cultivated varieties, we are 
_ inelined tc called 
pure adtings so very dissimilar to their parents, 
: eo. prodneed nd pirat hybridization. But the 
io is are grapes thus cr ized by 
nuaieaileet the aid of man? = By insects” seems 
z sages —— : th 
ques- 
a cross between Concord and Chasselas mosque by . 
