TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Introduction. 
Importance of Rotundifolia grapes in the South. 
Need of improvement. 
Early attempts to improve varieties: 
Quotations from early experimenters. 
Recent experiments. 
Breeding work of the North Carolina Experiment Station. 
Objects. 
Varieties used. 
Male vines. 
Methods. 
Results and discussions. 
Sex of hybrids. 
Transmission of color. 
Conclusions relative to colors. 
Combinations suggested for breeding work. 
Size of the flower clusters of the hybrids. 
Size of the fruit clusters. 
Size of the berries of the hybrid seedling vines. 
Character of the pulp of the hybrid seedlings. 
Flavor and quality of Rotundifolia grape seedlings. 
Clinging quality of the berries. 
Promising new seedlings. 
Hybridization with other species of grapes. 
Work done in 1911. 
Work done in 1912. 
Summary. 
