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tin, Rupestris Mission, and Rupestris Ganzin. These alone should 
remain under culture. The others, though possessing a certain un- 
doubted value, are inferior, because they lack resistance or all-round 
adaptability. The Rupestris Martin, on account of its great resist- 
ance to the Phylloxera, should always be used in poor, silicious, 
gravelly soils, with or without a considerable amount of lime. The 
Rupestris St. George replaces actually the Lenoir and Solonis in 
poor calcareous soils where formerly the Vialla, Lenoir, ete. were 
used. The ungrafted Rupestris will frequently show an alarming 
number of black spots on the leaves, so abundant in some cases as to 
cause the dropping of a few of them. This is due to the Melanose, 
a disease of the vine that never does any harm at all and should 
alarm no one. As soon as the Rupestris is grafted this will disap- 
pear from the vineyards, as it can scarcely live on the Vitis Vini- 
fera, but takes more kindy to the American vines.” 
The Rupestris have a low, bushy growth, with young wood, 
reddish brown. Tendrils discontinuous and leaves small, light green 
and shiny, wider than long, without lobes; when young, transparent 
Rupestris Monticola. 
and brilliant, of a russet red; they are folded together so as to form 
a gutter. The sinus of the petiole is open and scarcely perceptible; 
it has well-marked, wide, obtuse teeth-serration. Berries small, 
