times ragged. Superior wine quality. One of the best when 
well grown. Spur pruning. 
\\ sErBEL 10878. Medium early. Healthy, vigorous and of average 
productivity. Very good wine, slightly recalling French Bur- 
gundy. Another late-pusher for frosty spots. Half-long 
pruning. 
‘\ *SEIBEL 13053. Earliest ripening, with Foch. Vigorous, hardy 
and resistant and the best variety for short-season regions. 
Heavy producer of superior wine, rather light in color, which 
blends well with Baco and Foch. Also makes a good rosé. 
Half-long pruning. 
‘. SEYVE-VILLARD 5247. Early, after Baco. Vigorous, healthy 
and hardy. Upright and rather bushy habit. Heavy crops. 
Neutral, light-colored wine which blends well with varieties of 
more pronounced character, such as Baco. By itself, makes an 
excellent rosé. Spur pruning. 
\ SEYVE-VILLARD 13359. Early mid-season. Very vigorous and 
healthy. Big, solid handsome bunches. Good red wine of 
moderate color, excellent in blends. Spur pruning. 
“\ SEYVE-VILLARD 18283. Early mid-season. Though a south-of- 
France variety, it does well with us, being vigorous, a tremen- 
dous producer, and sufficiently disease resistant. Probably at 
its best in South and Southwest. Big handsome bunches, good 
wine of light color. Spur pruning. 
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\ SEYVE-VILLARD 18315. Early mid-season. Handsome fruit, 
berries oval, slightly pointed, in broad conical solid bunches. 
Another from the south-of-France, also much grown in Al- 
geria. Less vigorous than Seyve-Villard 18283, but an even 
heavier producer when well grown. Spur pruning. 
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White Wine Varveties 
(Asterisk (*) indcates most popular and widely-tested varieties.) 
“ *SEIBEL 4986. Mid-season. Trim, handsome vine, healthy and 
hardy; fruit greyish-pink at maturity, in beautiful winged 
bunches of moderate size which must be picked promptly to 
avoid ripe rot. 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 occasionally subject to black rot if not sprayed care- 
fully. Long, loose cluster, the pulp of the berries being very 
liquid and pressing easily. Wine pale, fresh, delicate, some- 
what like the Alsatian. Delicious eating. Long pruning. 
™ SEIBEL 5409. Early mid-season. Very healthy and vigorous, 
excellent wine slightly recalling Chablis. Steady producer of 
plump, stubby short-stemmed bunches. Pushes late—insur- 
ance against frost. Spur pruning. (See note under Seibel 
5455.) 
