DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES 
Many books and bulletins have complete descrip- 
tions of the older grapes and many of the newer ones. 
We refer you to these sources for the many details con- 
cerning varieties and their’ culture. 
However, there are some grapes, new and _ old, 
whose descriptions are not at the moment readily avail- 
able to all. These are the French-American Hybrids, 
the Munson Hybrids, and recent introductions of the 
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. 
The French-American Hybrids are a group of va- 
rieties developed in France as crosses between American 
grape species and varieties and the traditional grapes of 
Europe, Vitis vinifera. This breeding started about 80 
years ago when the French were attempting to produce 
new varieties with fruit characters of the European 
grape but insect and disease resistant vines present in 
some American species. The program was conducted 
on a very large scale and is still in progress, so a host 
have been produced and tested. And relatively a large 
number are worthy of testing in American vineyards. 
The fruit of the French-American Hybrids is similar to 
that of the grapes of California. Very few Hybrids 
have been named, they are known by the name of the 
originator plus the identification number he assigned 
them, thus Seibel 1,000 was originated by Louis Seibel 
and by him given the number 1,000. 
The Munson Hybrids were developed by T. V. 
Munson of Dennison, Texas from crosses between 
many Aemrican varieties as well as grapes of California. 
Some of his work seems to have parallelled that of the 
French breeders for certain varieties have characters 
similar to French-American Hybrids. Mr. Munson’s 
grapes were primarily developed for the environment 
of Texas but limited testing has indicated some promise 
for other viticultural areas. 
The New York State Agricultural Experiment 
Station has grown many thousands of grape seedlings 
and of these a few have been deemed worthy of nam- 
ing and introducing. Some have already gained a place 
in viticulture and others show promise. 
The descriptions of these newer varieties are very 
brief and intended only to barely identify them. We 
will be pleased to supply further information on any 
you wish. 
STEUK GRAPE VINE NURSERY, 
Descriptions are as follows: 
FRENCH-AMERICAN HYBRIDS 
BACO No. 1 
BERTILLE 
SEYVE 2862 
SEIBEL 1000 
SEIBEL 5409 
SEIBEL 6339 
SEIBEL 6905 
SEIBEL 9110 
SEIBEL 13047 
SEIBEL 13053 
SEYVE- 
VILLARD 5276 
Black, berries small clusters large, 
ripens early, vine extremely vigorous. 
Juice very sweet has tested up to 25° 
Brix, a wine grape. 
Black, clusters and berries large, rip- 
ens late, vine vigorous, a wine and 
table grape. 
Blue, berries small, clusters medium, 
ripens early, vine vigorous, has been 
commercially planted in some areas 
as a grape for both red and white 
wine. 
White, clusters and berries small, rip- 
ens mid-season, vine vigorous. Has 
a fine reputation in France as a white 
wine grape. 
Blue, berries small, clusters large to 
very large and extremely compact, 
ripens mid-season, vine of medium 
vigor. A wine’ grape. 
Black, berries small, clusters very 
large, ripens late mid-season, vine of 
medium vigors. A wine grape. 
White, berries medium, clusters large, 
ripens mid-season, vine vigor, good. 
Very promising as a table grape and 
wine grape. 
White, berries medium, clusters large, 
ripens mid-season, vine vigorous, a 
table grape as well as wine grape. 
Black, berries small, clusters long and 
loose, ripens very early, vine vigor- 
ous, primarily an early table grape. 
White, berries small, clusters large, 
ripens mid-season, vine medium vig- 
or. Has an excellent reputation for 
white wine in France. 
R. F. D. 2, SANDUSKY, OHIO 
