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Bark: Nearly smooth, light grayish-brown in color; lenticels few, 
submerged, inconspicuous. Bark inclined to be shreddy even on young 
canes, no bloom. 
Nodes: Enlarged on bud side. 
Internodes: Somewhat longer than in Rotundifolia and much shorter 
than in Yinifera. 
Leafbuds: Small to medium, conic on old wood and flattened on the 
younger wood, light brown in color. 
Fig. 15. A leafy shoot with flower-clusters from a Vinifera-Rotundifolia 
hybrid vine, showing the comparative sizes of the flower-cluster, leaf and 
tendril; also a different type of lobing of the leaves from that of Fig. 14. 
Reduced. 
