Vine very vigorous, spreading, rather productive, somewhat suceptible to mildew. Canes large and long, with stiff reddish hairs at base; shoots showing considerable bloom; tendrils intermittent, usually trifid. Leaves large, rather thick, roundish, entire or slightly lobed; smooth and dark green above, yellowish-green below and slightly pubescent; petiolar sinus narrow, frequently overlapping. Clusters of medium size, long, sometimes shouldered, very compact; peduncle short, strong; pedicel long, slender. Berries small, purplish-black with thin, grayish bloom. Skin thin, tough with considerable underlying pigment. Flesh tender, juicy, sprightly or somewhat acidly sweet. Seeds two to five, rather oval; beak short; chalaza distinct; raphe showing as a ridge. CYNTHIANA. (Aestivalis, Labrusca.) =1.= _U. S. D. A. Rpt._, =1863=:548. =2.= Husmann, =1866=:103. =3.= Ib., =1866=:104. =4.= _Gar. Mon._, =11=:149. 1869. =5.= _Grape Cult._, =1=:20, 239. 1869. =6.= _Ib._, =3=:2. 1871. =7.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1881=:24. =8.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:88. _fig._ =9.= _Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1891=:127, 131. =10.= _Ill. Sta. Bul._, =28=:253. 1893. =11.= _Mo. Sta. Bul._, =46=:38, 43, 45, 46, 50. 1899. =12.= _Kan. Sta. Bul._, =110=:246. 1902. =13.= _Traité gen. de vit._, =6=:274. 1903. ARKANSAS (3). _Arkansas_ (8). _Norton_ (13). _Norton Virginia_ (13). _Norton's Virginia_ _Seedling_ (13). _Red River_ (2, 5, 6, 8, 13). _Vitis Nortoni_ (13). Cynthiana is another southern grape impossible to grow in the North and therefore of but general interest for this work. There has long been a heated controversy as to whether this variety differs from Norton. The botanical differences between the two varieties are not greater than might be attributed to environment, soil, climate and culture; but side by side the two grapes ripen at different times, and the quality of the fruit, and more particularly of the wine, is such that the varieties must be considered as distinct. The distinction should be maintained for Cynthiana is the better grape of the two. It has been much grown in France for its intrinsic value and in the reconstruction of vineyards destroyed by phylloxera. [Illustration: CYNTHIANA]