28 BULLETIN 209, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
planted, thereby indicating its age, and column 4 gives the year of 
grafting. Column 5 shows the congeniality, or the growth of each 
variety on the different stocks, expressed in the form of a percentage 
rating, on a scale in which the growth of the variety when not grafted 
but growing as an entire plant on its own root under conditions to 
which it is well adapted is taken as the standard of excellence, that 
is, 100 per cent. These ratings therefore represent the behavior of 
each variety grafted on the several stocks under the conditions exist- 
ing at the vineyard at which it was found, expressed in terms that 
permit comparison with its behavior when growing as an entire 
plant on its own roots under favorable conditions and not based on 
a comparison with other Vinifera varieties grafted on the same stock 
in the same vineyard. The rating in each case is the average 
rating made in different seasons to and including the autumn of 
1913. To illustrate: Alicante Bouschet, grafted in the Oakville 
vineyard in 1906 on different resistant stocks, on Aramon X Rupes- 
tris Ganzin, No. 1 , was rated at 91 ; on Kiparia X liupestris, No. 3309, 
at 88; on Mourvedre X Rupestris, No. 1202, at 72; and on Riparia 
X Rupestris, No. 101, at 55. This shows that Alicante Bouschet, 
which is well adapted to the conditions there, when grafted on these 
different stocks at the same time, under the same conditions, in the 
same vineyard, and with the same treatment, varied in growth and 
behavior in comparison with the same variety on its own roots in 
accordance with the above ratings. Column 6 gives the pruning 
method, s being used for spurs and c for canes. Column 7 gives the 
weight of prunings per vine; 8, the nodes bearing fruit; 9 and 10, 
the growth-starting dates in early and late seasons; 11 and 12, the 
blossoming dates in early and late seasons; 13 and 14, the fruit- 
setting dates in early and late seasons; 15 and 16, the fruit-ripening 
dates in early and late seasons. Columns 17 to 21 give the fruit per 
vine for the seasons from 1909 to 1913, inclusive; 22, the average per- 
centage of sugar, Balling scale; 23, the average acid, as tartaric, per 
100 c. c. Column 24 shows the size of the clusters, m indicating 
medium; m-1, medium to large; 1, large; v, very; s, small. Column 
25 shows the shape of the clusters, whether round (r), cylindrical (cy), 
long (1), or tapering (t). Column 26 designates the density of the 
clusters, whether compact (c), medium (m), or loose (1). Column 
27 shows the size of the berry, whether large (1), medium (m), or 
small (s). Column 28 gives the shape of the berry, whether round 
(r), oval (o), or oblong (ob). Column 29 shows the color of the 
berry, whether black (b), red (r), or white (w). Column 30 indicates 
the purpose for which the fruit is used, whether for table (t), ship- 
ping (s), juice (j), wine (w), or storage (st). In this table the nomen- 
clature of varieties has been brought into conformity with the code 
of the American Pomological Society in so far as it has appeared 
practicable. 
