Genus. 



Scheme of Classification of American Grapes 



According to natural relationships as nearly as possible, by T. V. Munson. 

 Sections. Groups. Series. Species. 



fEuvitis. 



Planch. 



Bark striate, fi- 

 brous, shedding 

 in threads iir 

 plates; tendril' 

 f J. ked, clustt r 

 Ihyrsoid, seeds 

 cyriform, not 

 wrinkled. 



Yuung mature 

 wood, has pith 

 with diaphragm 

 in tlie node. 



Vitis. 



Tournefort. 

 (In part) 



Vines climbing by 

 tendrils opposite 

 the leaves. 



Corolla shedding 

 as a wheel- 

 shaped cap. 



Generally dice- 

 clous in wild 

 nature, the 

 female flowers 

 having short 

 recurved s t a - 

 mens and not 

 self-fertile. 



Many hermaph- 

 rodite varieties 

 self-fertile ha^■e 

 been produced 

 under cultiva- 

 tion. 



Macrocarpse. 



Munson. 



Fruit mediimi to 

 large. 



Pseudovitls, 



or 

 Lenti- 



cellosis. 



Munson. 



Bark lenticose, 

 non-fibrous. 



Young mature 

 wood without 

 pith, hence has 

 [ no diaphragm. 



MicrocarpEe. 



Munson. 



Fruit small. 



1 L-abruscas 



Planchon. 

 Tendrils continuous. 



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2 Corlaceae. 



Munson. 



Leaves leathery, skin 

 thick, possessed of a ' 

 pungent acid, 



Yoimg wood and 

 underside of leaves 

 more or less woolly . \ 



3 .^stivales. 



Planchon. 



Very large leaves, 

 reddish-brown wood, 

 iisiringent fruit , 

 clusters simple, cyl- 

 indrical. 



4 Viniferpe. 



Munson, 



Old World grapes, 

 cultivation. 



5 Cinera- 

 sceiites. 



Planch, 



Conical a n d Com- 

 pound clusters with 

 very small, delicious 

 berries, ripe very 

 late. 



6 Cordifolife. 



Planch. 



Li-aves medium to 

 >.mall. smooth, shin- 

 ing both sides, 



Fiiiit ripe very late. 



7 Occidentales. 



Munson. 



Small t o medium 

 leaves, small or 

 medium clusters and 

 berries ripe late. 



Labrusca. Linnaeus, 

 Northern Muscadine. Fox Grape, 



2 Coriacea. Shuttleworth. 

 Leathery-Leaf Grape. 



3 Candicans. Engelmann. 

 Mustang Grape. 



4 Doaniana. Munson. 

 Doan's Grape. 



5 Champini. Planchon. 

 Charapin's Grape. 



Ga Lincecunxii. Buckle,v. 

 Post-Oak or Turkey Grape, 



6b Lincecumii, var. glanca. Munson. 



7 Bicolor, Leconte. 

 Blue Grape. 



s ."EsHvalis. Michaux. 

 Summer Grape. 



Siiupsoni. Munson. 

 Simpson's Grape. 



n Vinifera. Linnaeus. 

 Asiatic Wine Grape. 



h Bourquiniana. Munson. 

 "Southern JEstivalis." 

 European (?). 



10 Blancoii. Munson. 

 Guadalajara Grape, 



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Caribaea. D. C. 



West Indies, Central .\merica. 



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s Precoces. 



Munson. 



SiTiall t o medium 

 leaves, small, simple, 

 shouldered compact 

 clusters, ripe early, 

 juice very dark 

 violet color. 



Cliiri 



Simpleses. 



Munson. 

 Tendrils not forked, 

 clusters cymose. 



9 Muscadinia. 



Planch, 



Seeds ellipsoidal and ■{ 

 wrinkled around the 

 chalaza and depres- 1 

 sions. [ 



12a Cinerea. Engelmann. 



Ashy-Leal or' Sweet Winter Grape. 



12b Cinerea, var. FloridaDa. Mutison. 



13 Berlandieri. Planchon. 

 Little Mountain Grape, 



14 TIaileyana. Munson, 

 Opossum Grupe. 



1,3 CordlfoJia. Michatix, 



Frost, or Sour Winter Grape, 



16 Rubra, Michx, (Palmata, Engel.) 

 Cat Bird Grape. 



17 Montirola. Buckley. 

 Sweet Mountain Grape. 



15 Californica. Beniham. 

 N. California Grape. 



i:) Oirdiana. Munson. 

 S. California Grape. 



•"•0 Arizonica. Engelmann. 

 Hairy-leaved Gulcli Grape. 



"1 Treleasei. Munsin. 



Smooth-leaved Gulch Grape. 



Vulpina. t,. (Riparia, Miclix. 

 (Palmata, % ahl.) 

 Riverside Grape, 

 Loneii, ("Solonis"), restored IjJ' 



Bailey. Prince. 

 Bush Grape, Texas Panhandle, 

 Itupest.ris. Scheele. 

 Rock Grape, July Grape. 



Kotundifolia. Michaux. 

 Southern Muscadine. 



Munsoniana. Simpson.. 



Bird Grape, or Everbearmg Orape. 



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