262 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



The other bud remains dormant until the following spring. It's thick & blunt, sheathed in 

 fluff or very fine hair that's very compact, & it's covered with scales. Sometimes hand- 

 like structures emerge from the node on the side opposite the leaf & buds, sometimes 

 there's a bunch of grapes, and sometimes nothing at all. 



The fingers or tendrils are very strong woody filaments. They're covered with a 

 bark layer just like the shoot. The tendrils branch into two or three filaments, attach to 

 whatever object they find, and make several spiral turns around it. Sometimes the first 

 small cluster or bunch of grapes is lost & degenerates into tendrils. 



The leaves often are alternate on the shoot, sometimes opposite a tendril or 

 another leaf. They're simple, divided on the margins more or less deeply depending on 

 the type, into five lobes that are unequal in size. The one that extends directly from the 

 stalk is the largest. The two lowest ones are the smallest, & the other two are intermediate 

 between the latter & the main one, both in size and position. The teeth along the margins 

 are more or less deep & sharp depending on the type & at their tips they're usually the 

 same color as the fruit. At the center of each lobe there is a large raised midrib that 

 emerges from the end of the stalk & extends as far as the end of the lobe. These large 

 veins branch into several medium-sized ones that extend to the tip of each tooth. Some or 

 others of these put forth many small veins in irregular directions that accent the outer 

 surface of the leaf; the inner surface has the same number of corresponding grooves. The 

 leafs stalk is thick, strong, cylindrical or slightly compressed along the side that faces the 

 shoot. Grapevine leaves are a beautiful green of a shade that's not very different in the 

 different types. 



