Vitis Bourquiniana (cont.) 
pubescent tufts are rarely found; young leaves in buds just expanding, pale 
green or pinkish, later whitish on both sides with silky white wool, never rusty, 
soon becoming smooth above and a little wrinkled, of a clear, lively dark green 
color, much paler beneath; texture dense. In a first true leaves small, ovate- 
acute, green; first year often lobed; in b first true leaves larger, green; on 
seedlings first year rarely lobed. 
Cluster: In @ medium to large, simple or compound, usually compact, 
heavily shouldered, with a false tendril on peduncle,- as in V. aestivalis and 
V. cinerea; rachis smooth; pedicels very variable, in Herbemont and many of its 
seedlings, thick, enlarging upwards, more slender inffacquez and Devereux, en- 
larging towards receptacle, very warty in a, less so in b. 
Flowers: Fertile,-on the majority of seedlings, with long, ascending 
stamens, rarely recurved, hence are productive without aid of other pollen; ovary 
small; style rather long and slender; stigma small. 
Berries: Small, generally 1/3" to 4" in diameter, rarely larger, spherical, 
color mostly dark purple or pale red, and nearly white, as in Herbemont, Warren, 
Harwood and many seedlings grown by the writer; very persistent; a Herbemont often 
produces exquisite translucent, pearly white varieties from seed, rarely black, 
and almost all without coloring matter; skin very thin,pliable, tough; pulp 
very juicy and melting; some Herbemont seedlings are rarely a little meaty, as in 
Blame Tokay, of true V. vinifera; quality almost invariably fine, sprightly, 
vinous, and rich in saccharine matter. 
Seeds: inal to 3, small, 1/6" to 1/5" long, by 1/7" to 1/6" broad, ovate, 
dark chocolate color; beak smell, well defined, short, rather blunt or quite 
sharp as in Jacquez; raphe usually prominent continuing distinetly to near the 
beak; in "Texas", a pure Herbemont seedling, the raphe is invisible from the 
chalaza till it reaches inner face of seed; chalaza large, circular or oval, convex 
or flat, rarely wanting, or nearly so, standing above middZepf seed, in some pure 
Herbemont seedlings quite near or at the top (a V. vinifera characteristic) sur- 
rounded by a distinct groove which passes over top of seed; depressions shallow, 
nearly straihgt, close to raphe, of a lighter color than body of seed. In b, 
number of seeds usually 1 to @, or 3, larger than in a, of a lighter color, 
usually same shape but more plump; beak small, well defined; raphe prominent in 
groove which passes to or over top of seed and continues distinctly to beak; 
chalaza large, circular, prominent but flat on top, surrounded by a distinct 
groove above center of seed, usually less elevated than in a. 
Plantlet: Generally feeble, seed~leaves small, green, ovate, acute apex, 
getiole 1/8" to 1/4" 
(Evidence presented by Mr. Munson indicates that Vitis Bourquiniana is 
probably of European origin.) 
--- Foundations of American Grape Culture, by T. V. Munson, 1909. 

