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MANUAL OF AMERICAN GRAPE-GROWING 



of this grape without losing time and efforts in the search of 

 foreign vines, which it will take centuries to adapt to our soil 

 and climate." 



Fig. 2. A shoot of Vitis Lahrusca. 



Alexander is an offshoot of the common fox-grape, Vitis 

 Labrusca (Fig. 2), found in the woods on the Atlantic coast from 

 Maine to Georgia and occasionally in the Mississippi Valley. The 

 history of the variety dates back to before the Revolutionary 



