288 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Vitis girdiana Mims. Valley grape. 
Range: 5, 10. 
Site: Dry (rare), well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Berry, available August-September, persistent. 
A robust, bigh-climbing vine; roots soft, not completely resistant to Phyllox- 
era; sensitive to cold ; subject to mildew, rot, and Anatieim disease ; often occurs 
on sandy soil. 
Vitis helleri (Bailey) Small. Eoundleaf grape. 
y. cordifolia Jielleri Bailey. 
Range: 17, 20. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Berry, available in July. 
A vine. 
Vitis incisa, see Cissus incisa. 
Vitis labrusca L. Fox grape. 
Range: 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 27. 
Site : Dry. well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit : Berry ; available August-October, dropping at once. 
A vigorous, bigh-climbing, bushy vine; roots large and fleshy, spreading, not 
deeply penetrating; growth of 1-year-old plants feeble, vigorous when estab- 
lished; does best in well-drained, alluvial soil but occurs in many, including 
sand ; withstands cold well, heat and drought rather poorly ; not affected by 
downy mildew; berries falling singly when ripe; easily grown from cuttings; 
susceptible to PJi ylloxera ; seeds rarely produce plants true to type. 
Stomach records: Six species of birds, including ruffed grouse and ring- 
necked pheasant. Ohservations: Much eaten by skunk, fox, raccoon, and 
opossum. 
Vitis leeontlaiia, 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-climbing vine, or a shrub if without support ; occurs in 
sand, clay, loam, and other soils ; roots, long, hard, fleshy, penetrating deeply ; 
fairly resistant to cold : extremely resistant to drought ; susceptible to mildew 
and rot; 75-percent resistant to Pliylloxera; about 50 percent of cuttings take; 
reproduction by cuttings often difficult ; 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 Hat., V. novo-mexicana Muns., V. solonis Hort. 
Range: 11, 16, 17. 19, 20, 25. 
Site : Dry. weU-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Berry, available July-August, long persistent. 
A vine or more commonly a small to large, 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 PJi ylloxera ; not resistant to mildew or anthracnose ; 
60 percent of cuttings root ; self-pollination rare. 
Var. microsperma Bailey, a vigorous, 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. 
y. montana of Auths. not Buckl. 
Range: 11, 17. 20. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit : Berry, available August-October. 
A slender, small-leaved vine with open foliage ; roots little-branched ; resistant 
to cold, drought, mildew, rot and nearly completely resistant to Phylloxera ; 
slender when wild, stocky in cultivation; commonly occurs on limestone soils, 
but grows moderately well on sand ; 65 percent of cuttings root. 
