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Grape Leaf Hopper:
Vines are attacked by a very large number of insect pests including cochylis, eudemis, red spider, Willamette mite, grape curculio, pyrale, erinose, grape leaf hopper, Mediterranean and oriental fruit fly, false cinch bug, grasshoppers, sphinx moth, Western grape skeletonizer, grape mealy bug, thrips, hoplia, Japanese beetle, grape-berry moth (eastern United States), and many others.Species with few if any domesticated varieties are used for rootstocks or for garden and house-plants. They include V. candicans (the mustang grape of Oklahoma, Texas, and into Mexico), V. aestivalis (the winter grape of New York, to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, where it is called the summer grape), V. lincecitmi (the post-oak or turkey grape, mainly in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas), V. berlandieri (the little mountain grape of Texas and Mexico), V. monticola (the sweet mountain grape of Texas), V. cordifolia (the frost or sour winter grape from the Great Lakes to Florida), V. cinerea (the sweet winter or ashy grape of Illinois to Texas), V. champini (the adobeland or dog ridge grape of Texas), V. doaniana (the Texas Panhandle large grape, also in New Mexico), V. longii (the solonis, bush, or gulch grape of Texas to Colorado), V. rupes-tris (the sand, bush, sugar, or rock grape from the Rio Grande north to Pennsylvania), V. riparia (the riverside or river bank grape from Utah and Texas to Quebec), and V. girdiana and V. cali-farnica (from California and nearby regions).
Metal leaf. The use of silver and gold leaf surfaces in Decoration has become popular in recent years. These effects are also part of the painter's work. Aluminum leaf is generally used in place of silver, as it is less expensive and does not tarnish. The application of metal leaf is accomplished by first applying a gold size to the surface to be treated. This is allowed to dry to a thick consistency, and the leaf is then applied to the size and allowed to dry thoroughly. It is best to varnish metal leaf for protection. Metal leaf is usually glazed over the varnish for antique effects.
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