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an effort to hybridize the variety Scuppernong with pollen from Yitis 
aestivalis, Yitis cinera, Yitis bourquiniana variety Herbemont and 
from the Labrusca-Yinifera hybrid variety Niagara. No hybrid fruits 
were secured from these crosses. The one seedling vine that was re¬ 
ported as having been secured from the Scuppernong-Herbemont cross 
proved itself in later years to be only a straight seedling of Yitis 
rotundifolia. 
In 1912 the effort to hybridize the variety Scuppernong was repeated. 
Scuppernong flowers were again dusted with pollen from Yitis aestivalis, 
Yitis bourquiniana variety Herbemont and from the Yinifera-La- 
bruscaAEstivalis hybrid variety Winchell. No hybrid fruits were se¬ 
cured from this work. 
Two other crosses, Herbemont and Winchell varieties crossed with 
pollen from a light-colored staminate vine of Yitis rotundifolia, were 
made during this season but were not reported because no definite con¬ 
clusions had been reached in regard to their character up to the time of 
publishing the last report. 
The conclusions drawn in 1914 were to the effect that the variety 
Scuppernong would not readily hybridize with pollen from Y. aestivalis, 
Y. cinerea, Y. bourquiniana var. Herbemont and the hybrid varieties 
Niagara and Winchell. These conclusions have been substantiated by 
the more extensive work of subsequent years. 
6. Work of the Yiticultural Division of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1911-1917. 
The Yiticultural Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
began its work on the hybridization of Yitis rotundifolia with species of 
Euvitis in 1911. A brief discussion of this work follows. 
In 1911 the efforts of hybridizing Y. rotundifolia were reported as 
having resulted in a complete failure. 
In 1912 one supposed hybrid was secured, a cross between the Rotun¬ 
difolia Munsoniana hybrid variety Eden as the female parent and Y- 
vinfera variety Flame Tokay as the pollen parent- This supposed hy¬ 
brid is described thus, “While it is distinct from other Muscadine seed¬ 
lings of Eden parentage, it is predominantly Muscadine in character 
and shows no resemblance to Flame Tokay except in leaves.” From the 
description of this vine and with a fairly good knowledge of the char¬ 
acter of these hybrids in general, we should assume it to be probable 
that this supposed hybrid is similar to those produced by Professor A. 
Millardet of France and those produced later by Dr. T. Y. Munson of 
Denison, Texas, which will he found discussed under the caption “False 
Hybrids” in the succeeding bulletin on “Some F x Hybrids between Yitis 
Rotundifolia and Related Species.” 
The Department reports that in 1913 twenty-two hybrids were pro¬ 
duced, of which only eight survived the vicissitudes of the seed bed. 
