

Variety Tests of Grapes. 
P’ Some of the newer varieties of grapes which have fruited in 
the Station vineyards are described below; comment is also 
made on a few older and better known grapes, and references are 
given to the reports of varieties which have been noted in previ- 
ous publications of this Station. 
The botanical classification of a variety is indicated by an itali- 
cised abbreviation of the name of the species to which it belongs.‘ 
A hybrid is indicated by an “ X.” separating the names of the 
species of which it is the offspring, thus, v7. X Lab. indicates a 
hybrid of wenifera fertilized by Labrusca. When it is known to 
which of the two species the female parent belongs, this parent 
is named first. 
When a hybrid is more closely related to one species than to 
any other this relationship is indicated by an “X” following the 
name of the species to which it is most closely related ; thus, 
“ Tab. X” shows that the hybrid is most closely related to the 
Labrusca species. 
The names of the species represented in a hybrid are also 
frequently given in parentheses following the name of the hybrid ; 
thus, Bailey, (Zad., Lin., vulp.) indicates that the three species 
named are representéd in the parentage of this variety; Brighton, 
Lb. X,(Lab., Vin.) indicates that Brighton is a hybrid of Zaé- 
rusca and vinifera, with more of Labrusca than of vinifera 
blood. . ! 
Synonyms are printed in italics and inclosed in parentheses. 
Blanco. Lab. X, (Lab., vul., vin.). A seedling of Elvira by 
Triumph. Cluster medium size, cylindrical, loose; berry medium, 
4The following abbreviations are used, viz.: Lab. for Labrusca, L. the wild fox grape; 
wu'p. for vulpina, L. (riparia, of Mx.), the wild grape of the river banks; cand. for candi- 
-cans Engel., the Mustang grape of Texas; west. for wstivalis, Mx., the wild Summer grape; 
win. for vinifera, L., the cultivated grape of Europe; Lin. for Lincecumii, Buck., the Post-oak 
grape of Texas; Bourg. for Bourquiniana, Mun., and rup. for rupestris, Scheele, the Rock or 
‘Sand grape of Western Mississippi Valley and Texas. 
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