I88 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. 8S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Vitis girdiana Muns. Valley grape. 
Range: 5, 10. 
Site: Dry (rare), well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available August-September, persistent. 
A robust, high-climbing vine; roots soft, not completely resistant to Phylloz- 
era; sensitive to coid; sunject to mildew, rot, and Anaheim disease; often occurs 
on sandy soil. 
Vitis helleri (Bailey) Small. Roundleaf grape. 
V. cordifolia helleri Bailey. 
Range: 17, 26. 
Site: Weil-draimed, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available in July. 
A vine. 
Vitis incisa, see Cissus incisa. 
Vitis labrusea L. Fox grape. 
Range :22,.23; 24, 25.426, 20. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry; available August—Octcber, dropping at once. i 
A vigorous, high-climbing, bushy vine; roots large and fieshy, spreading, not 
deeply penetrating; growth of l-year-ola plants feeble, vigcrous when estab- 
lished; Goes pest in well-drained, alluvial soil but occurs in many, including 
sand; withstands cold well, heat and drought rather poorly; not affected by 
Gowny mildew; berries falling singly when ripe; easily grown from cuttings; 
susceptible to Phyiiowera; seeds rarely preduce plants true to type. 
Stomach records: Six species of birds, including ruffed grouse and ring- 
necked pheasant. Odservations: Much eaten by skunk, fox, raccoon, and 
opossum, 
Vitis lecontiana, see Vitis argentifolia. 
Vitis lincecumii Buckl. Pinewoods grape. 
Range: 20, 25, 29. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry; available June-September, falling at once or persistent. 
A vigorous, moderately-ciimbing vine, or a Shrub if without support; occurs in 
sand, clay, loam, and other soiis; roots, long, hard, fleshy, penetrating deeply; 
fairly resistant to cold; extremely resistant to drought; susceptible to mildew 
and rot; 75-percent resistant to Pryllozera; about 50 percent of cuttings take; 
reproduction by cuttings often difficuit; fruit-bearing vines generally do not 
self-fertilize; seed germination prompt. Fruit often eaten by domestic turkeys 
before ripening. 
Vitis longii Prince. Long’s grape. 
V. acerifolia Raf., VY. nova-mexicana Muns., V. solonis Hort. 
Range: 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25: 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Hruit: Berry, available Juiy—August, long persistent. 
A vine or more commonly a smali to iarge, stocky, erect, much-branched 
shrub; climbs vigorously in cultivation; roots large, much-branched, hard, deep- 
penetrating; occurs in sand and calcareous soils; drought and cold-resistant; 
about 75-percent resistant to Piylioxera; not resistant to mildew or anthracnose; 
60 percent of cuttings root; self-pollination rare. 
Yar. microsperma Bailey, a vigerous, small-seeded form very resistant to 
drought, occurs along the Red River in Texas. 
Vitis montana, see Vitis monticola. 
Vitis monticola Buckl. Sweet mountain grape. 
V. montana of Auths. not Buckl. - 
Ranges tel. 520: 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available August—Cctober. 
A slender, small-leaved vine with open foliage; roots little-branched ; resistant 
to cold, drought, mildew, ret and nearly completely resistant to Phyllorera; 
slender when wild, stocky in cultivation; commonly occurs on limestone soils, 
but grows moderately well on sand; 65 percent of cuttings root. 
