Vitis Bourguiniana (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, 
goon becoming smooth above and s little wrinkled, of a clear, lively dark green 
color, much paler beneath; texture dense. In a first true lexves small, ovate- 
acute, green; first year often lobed; in b first true le:ves larger, greeny on 
seedlings first year rarely lobed. 
Cluster: In a medium to large, simple or compound, usually compact, - 7 
heavily shouldered, with a false tendril on peduncle,- es in ¥. sestivalis and : 
V. cinerea; rachis smooth; pedicels very variable, in Herbemont and many of its 
seedlings, thick, enlarging upwards, more slender acquez end Devereux, en~- 
larging towards receptacle, very werty in 4, less so in hb. 
Flowers: fFertile,-on the majority of seedlings, with long, ascending 
stamens, rarely recurved, hence are productive without sid of other pollens ovary 
smalls; style rather long and slender; stigma small. 
Berries: Small, generally 1/8" t@ 3" in diameter, rarely larger, spherical, 
color mostly dark purple or pale red, and nearly white, as in Herbemont, Warren, 
Herwood end many seedlings grown by the writer; very persistent; a Herbemont often 
produces exquisite transiucent, pearly white varieties from seed, rarely black, 
and almost 411 without coloring matter; skin very thin,pliable, tough; palp 
very juicy and selting; some Yerbemont seedlings ere rarely a little meaty, 4s in 
Flame Tokay, of true ¥. vinifera; quality almost invariably fine, sprightly, 
vinous, and rich in saccharine matter. 
Seeds: inal to 8, small, 1/6" to 1/5" long, by 1/7" to 1/6* broad, ovate, 
dark chocolate color; beak small, well defined, short, rather blunt or quite 
gharp a6 in Jacquez; raphe usually prominent continuing distinetly to near the 
peak; in "Texas", a pure Herbemont seedling, the raphe is invisible from the 
chalasa till it reaches inner face of seeds chalaga large, circular or oval, convex — 
or flet, rarely wanting, or nearly so, standing above middfebf secd, in some pure 
Herbemont secdlings quite near or at the top {s VY. vinifere 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 by, 
number of seeds usually 1 to 2, or 3, larger than in a, of a lighter color, 
ugually 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 beaks 
ehalaza. large, circular, prominent but flat on top, surrounded by a distinct 
groove ebove center of seed, usually less elevated than in a. 
Plantlet: Generally feeble, seed-leaves small, green, ovate, acute apex, 
getiole 1/3" to 1/4" 
(Bvidence presented by Mr. Munson indicates thet Vitis Bourcuiniana is 
probably of Buropean origin.) 
~~ foundations of American Grape Culture, by T. ¥. Munson, 1909. 
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