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‘ seyve-Villard 5247. Early, after Bacoe Vigorous, healthy and hardy. Upright and rather bush 
habit. Good crops. Neutral, light-colored wine which blends well with varieties of more pro- 
nounced character, such as Bacoe Spur pruninge 
\ Seyve-Villard 12417. Mid-season. Developed for Mediterranean France and the Rhone Valley. 
Develops some mildew with us and is an unreliable bearer. At home in warm, dry climates. 
Spur pruninge 
\Seyve-Villard 18283. Barly mid-season. Though another south-of-France variety, it does well 
with us, being vigorous, a heavy producer, and sufficiently disease resistante Striking fruit, 
good wine of light colore Spur pruning. 
\ seyve-Villard 18315. larly mid-season. Handsome fruit, berries oval, slight pointed, in broad 
Conical solid bunches. Anotner from the south of France. Much less vigorous than &.V. 182835. 
Somewhat subject to spray burn. Spur pruninge 
A Seyve-Villard 18402. Barly mid-season, for the southwest primarily. Heavy producer of handsome, 
deepcolored bunches, yielding a deep-colored wine of good quality. Healthy and vigorouse 
Spur pruninge 
WHI TS WINE VARIETIES 
(Asterisk (*) indicates most popular and widely-tested varieties.) 
A Seibel 4986. Mid-season. Trim, handsome vine, healthy and hardy; fruit pinkish gold at 
maturity, in beautiful winged bunches of moderate size which must be picked promptly to avoid 
ripe rote Very regular producer, wine of high quality. Spur pruning. 
“Seibel 5279. Very early. Our leading white wine variety, with a wide area of adaptation. 
Superb variety, very vigorous and hardy but somewhat subject to black rot if not sprayed care- 
fullye Long, loose cluster, the pulp of the berries being very liquid and pressing easily. 
Nine pale, fresh, delicate, somewhat like the Alsatian. Long pruning. 
“ Seibel 5296.- Early mid-seasone Unreliable producer in our climate, sometimes shy and sometimes 
yielding a heavy crop. Must be picked promptly when ripe. Handsome pinkish fruit, good wine. 
Spur pruning. 
~ Seibel 5409. Karly mid-season. We greatly prefer this to the preceding. Very healthy and 
vigorous, very good wine slightly recalling Chablis. Steady producer of tight, stubby short- 
stemmed bunchese Pushes late--insurance against froste Spur pruning. 
‘ *Seibel 9110. arly mid-seasone Vigorous, hardy and resistant. Fruit exceptionally beautiful, 
with loose tut well-formed bunches of pinkish yellow, oval-pointed fruit. A delicious table 
grape, and a superior wine grape. Half-long pruning. 
“Seibel 11803. Mid-seasone Rather weak-growing vine producing good crops of large, handsome 
berries ranging in color from pale pink to lavender. Clean-tasting wine of superior quality, 
and promising in some areas as a table variety. Owing to its lack of vigor, and its tendency 
not to ripen its wood well, it souls allowed to over-bear.e. Spur pruning. 
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‘“ #Seibel 13047. Barly, ripening between S. 5279 and SV. 5276. Hardy, vigorous, disease resist- 
ant (though slightly subject to black rot in wet years), and a big producer of huge, fairly 
compact bunches, often double-shouldered. Wine of good quality, neutral, blending well with 
otherse A good table grape as well. Spur pruning. 
” xSeyve -Villard 5276-6 Barlye Medium vigor, with no serious cultural defects, highly productive o 
Superior winee A variety of great promise for American viticulture. Spur pruninge 
