Cold hardiness of 17 wild Vitis species native to China,including 38 clones, was assessed by growth, tissue browing and electrolitic conduc-tance methods. The results showed that the cold hardiness of V. amurensis,V. yeshanensis and V. adstricta were very hardy. V. bryoniifolia, V.hancockii, V.pseudoreticulata. V.piasezkii, and V.quinquangularis were hardy in cold hardinss. V. romanetii, V. wilsonae, V. adstricta var. ter-nata, V. dauidii, V. davidii var. cyanocarpa, Maihuang-grape(V.ssp), Qinba wild grape(...