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MANUAL OF AMERICAN GRAPE-GROWING 



found on arbors, in gardens or half wild on fences in nearly 

 every farm in the South Atlantic states. That the Rotundifolias 

 have not been more generally brought under cultivation is due 



Fig. 3. A shoot of Vitis rotundifolia. 



to the bountifulness of the wild vines, which has obviated the 

 necessity of domesticating them. The fruit of its varieties, 

 to a palate unaccustomed to them, is not very acceptable, 



