Vitis arizonica (cont.) 
Cluster: Similar to that of V. vulpina, but smaller, peduncle ana rachis 
cottony, pedicels 1/8" long, slender. 
Flowers: Fertile,- stamens recurved; disc distinct, lobed; ovary globose; 
style short, thick; stigma broad; staminate,— stamens ascending, slender, pollen 
grains small. 
Berries: Very small, round or ogate, with little bloom; vinous flavor, very 
sweet, good quality. 
Seeds: 1 to 3, usually 2; 1/6" to 1/5" long by 1/6" to 1/8" broad; oval or 
broadly obcordate, very variable; color pale pinkish-purple; beak very short and 
blunt or small and acute, welllddefined; raphe obscure or prominent, becoming a fine 
distinct thread to the beak; chalaza narrow, in a rather deep basin, its face 
elevated often, or depressed, so as to appear nearly obsolete, often a mere rim or 
crescent at base, sometimes invisible, groove extends to or over top of seed; 
ventral depressions short, rather wide apart, shallow. 
Plantilet: Seed—leaves medium to large, ovate, acute, green. 
It was obtained for me at, or rather in the mountains 30 miles north of 
Phoenix, Arizona, by Dr. Turner: at Chloride, New Mexico, by Mr. Parker, and near 
Prescott, Arizona, in the Bradshaw Mountains, by Mr. D. Hatz. No wild or artificial 
hybrids are yet known to the writer, nor does there seem to be much of value in 
the species. It endures cold and drought well, but excessive moisture injures 
it, causing mildew and rot. It grows better in sandy than heavy soils. It 
grows easily from cuttings. 
Excerpt from "Foundations of American Grape Culture" by T. V. Munson 
1909, 

