Designation (also direct, self-bearing, French: Producteur direct) for rootless grape varieties that have not been grafted. As the name suggests, they stand "on their own feet", so to speak. The term was first coined in connection with the introduction in the second half of the 19th century of the now common practice of grafting scions onto American rootstocks. This was ultimately successful in combating...
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