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grape of the northern states. (Vitis Ldbtusca, L.) While 

 others of a different habit in leaf, and berry, as the Elsing- 

 burgh, Ohio, &c., are, perhaps, the offspring of the Frost Grape, 

 ( V. cordifolia,) or the Summer Grape, ( V. estivalis.) The most 

 popular American Grapes, as yet, are the Isabella and Catawba. 

 More delicate sorts for the dessert, being free from pulp, are 

 the Ohio, Elsingburgh and Bland. All these grapes require a 

 warm summer to enable them to attain their flavour, which is 

 the reason why, in the cool climate of England, they have been 

 pronounced so " harsh and disagreeable." 



Native Grapes. 



1. ALEXANDER'S. Thomp. Prin. 



Schuylkill MuscadelL Adlum. 

 Muscadine. 



Cape Grape. 1 



Spring Mill Constantia. > 

 Clifton's Constantia. 1 



Spring Mill Constantia. [ of Vevay, III. 



Madeira, of York, Pa. 

 Tasker's Grape. 

 Winne. 



This grape, a natural seedling, was first discovered by Mr. 

 Alexander, gardener to Gov. Penn, before the war of the revo- 

 lution. It is not unfrequently found, as a seedling, from the 

 wild Foxgrape, on the borders of our woods. It is quite sweet 

 when ripe, and makes a very fair wine, but is quite too pulpy 

 and coarse for table use. The bunches are more compact, and 

 the leaves much more downy, than those of the Isabella. 



Bunches rather compact, not shouldered. Berries of medium 

 size, oval. Skin thick, quite black. Flesh with a very firm 

 pulp, but juicy, and quite sweet and musky, when fully ripe, 

 which it is not till the last of October. 



2. BLAND. 



Eland's Virginia. 



Eland's Madeira. 



Eland's Pale Red. 



Powell. 



Red Suppernong, (of some.) 



The Bland is one of the best of our native grapes, approach- 

 ing, in flavour and appearance, the Chasselas grapes of Eu- 

 rope, with very little pulp, and only a slight astringency. It 

 does not ripen well to the north of this, except in favourable 

 situations, and should always be planted in a warm exposure. 

 It is a genuine native sort, (doubtless a natural seedling,) and 



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