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SUMMER GRAPE. Vttis hicolor Le Conte. 



The summer grape is frequent, especially in dry, gravelly soil 

 and about the bases *of cliffs. The berries ripen just before the 

 frosts. They are small, one-half inch or less in diameter, with 

 a dense bloom and of sour but pleasant flavor when ripe. The 



young canes usually, but not 

 always, have a bluish or 

 glaucous bloom. The leaves 

 are rougher than the last 

 owing to the deeper veining, 

 and are a darker green above 

 and lighter glaucous-blue 

 below. The bluish bloom 

 may, however, disappear 

 from cane and leaf in the au- 

 tumn. The leaves may be 

 quite smooth or with scatter- 

 ing rusty hairs on the un- 

 derside. The tendrils and 

 The leaves on the younger growth 

 are often deeply three-to-five-lobed with the base of the clefts 

 rounded, those on the older growths shallowly three-lobed. The 

 margins are almost entire, or have shallow and relatively dull 

 teeth as compared with the river grape. 



Summer Gbape, X %. 

 leaf stalks are relatively long. 



Eox GRAPE. Vitis lahrusca L. 



This is a grape found commonly from Massachusetts south 

 and westward. It has been reported in Vermont only from 

 Vernon. The leaves and young shoots of this grape are very 

 cottony, and even the adult leaves retain the rusty wool beneath. 

 The fruit is large usually with a tough musky pulp, but varying 

 widely. From it by breeding and selection have come most of 

 the cultivated American grapes, as for example the Concord. 



