times ragged. Superior wine quality. One of the best when 
well grown. Spur pruning. 
\{ sEIBEL 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. 
“\ *serBeEL 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. 
N 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. 
~{ 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. 
“ 
White Wine Varieties 
(Asterisk (*) indicates most popular and widely-tested varieties.) 
\ *serBeL 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. 
.\ *serBEL 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.) 
