From the original Warren vine still growing in 1887 in Warren county, Georgia, from which 

 it takes its name, I grew vines ; leaves and growth much like Jacquez, but not identical, certainly 

 not identical with Herbemont; but the seed-leaves, leaves and descriptions of Mr. Bourquin's 

 "Blue French" fit Herbemont exactly and it certainly falls into the group a in my specific 

 description, to which clearly belong the following: 



"Blue French," Bourquin's, same as Jacques. 



"Brown French," Bourquin's, same as Herbemont. 



Cunningham, synonym Long. 



Harwood, Southern Texas seedling of Herbemont, with larger berry. 



Herbemont, syns. McKee, Bottsi, Dunn, Upson, Brown French. 



Jacques, Sys. Lenoir, Black Spanish, Blue French, by some El Paso, incorrectly. 



Warren, and many seedlings of these, while the following are of group b, V. Bourquinia. 



Casper, seedling of Louisiana, by Casper Wilde, of New Orleans. 



Devereux, Syn. Black July, brought to notice by Devereux, of Spalding Co., Georgia. 



Louisiana (Rulander), asserted by M. Theard of New Orleans to have been imported 



from France by his father and planted near Lake Ponchartrain (see Bushberg 



Cat., p. 118). 



This is the most positive historical evidence on record of its origin, and is probably correct. 



Louisiana (or Rulander) was known in the Madeira Isles as Malmse, though not the true Malmse, 



before it was known in this country, and was there known to have come at an early period from 



France, so I was informed by Mr. Casper Wilde of New Orleans, who was well versed in the history 



of this class of grapes. 



Taking all these facts in connection with the botanical characteristics, which show no brown 

 or rusty wool, no astringency, no seeds of same character, a different proportion between width 

 and length of blade of leaves, different green in leaves, different wood entirely, later blooming 

 and ripening, easier growth from cuttings, much greater tenderness to cold, greater climbing 

 capacity of vines, cylindrical, smooth young wood, general absence of red coloring matter in 

 fruit (Lenoir is an exception) ; many white, and even some meaty-fleshed seedlings ; larger, 

 more compound clusters, generally; no return toward pure jEstivalis or Cinerea, by atavism in 

 seedlings, as would be the case if they contained hybrid blood of these; their not being found 

 distributed in the native woods, but only here and there old vines in old places gone to ruin or 

 neglect by the death of former owners and their history lost. 



But equally by the same botanical analysis their power to resist Phylloxera far better than 

 V vinifera, mildew and mostly the rot ; their great vigor and tall-climbing habits ; their general 

 much greater resemblance to V . CBstivalis and V. Lincecumii, than V. vinifera in its pure forms ;. 

 their much greater difficulty in growing from cuttings than V. vinifera; lateness of blooming and 

 ripening; general absence of meatiness, so characteristic of V. vinifera, and many other points, 

 I am well forced to regard them as having a distinct species for their origin, possibly two, closely 

 allied, one for each group, as each group has some specific characteristics not found in the other; 

 and that the original species stands between our native V. mstivalis and V. vinifera with some- 

 approaches toward V. cinerea, or the group of species to which it belongs. As Mr. Gougie Bour- 

 quin has positively shown them to have been imported, and, with his predecessors, demonstrated 

 earlier than others, and certainly, their adaptability to this climate, it is eminently proper that 

 if we do establish a species to contain these, it should be Vitis Bourquiniana, which I propose in 

 his honor. 



With such varieties in the yards of- gentlemen in one of the entrepots and oldest cities of 

 the South, it is almost impossible but for them to be disseminated through friends, from cuttings 

 and seeds, or by hybridizing seeds, and hence it is quite probable that this is the source of nearly 

 all the representatives of this species in this country. It now seems strange that French vine- 

 yardists should import these varieties from the United States as "American ^stivalis," but suck 

 is the case. 



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