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The Scuppernong of the Southern States enjoys great 

 celebrity, both for its fruit and wine-making qualities. In 

 North Carolina it thrives well, and bears most luxuriantly. 

 Its origin is doubtful. The berries are very large and 

 roundish, and grow on separate stems, like cherries. There 

 are two kinds, called the white and black, from the color 

 of the fruit. The light-colored are generally preferred. 



The Elsenburg is a native of New Jersey, having 

 small bunches, compact and shouldered. The berries are 

 small, round, jet black, with a thin skin, no pulp, sweet, 

 and well-flavored. The wood is slender and very hardy, 

 the leaves five-lobed and thick. 



The Missouri is a native variety described by Mr. Bu- 

 chanan, of Cincinnati, as bearing bunches loose and of me- 

 dium size, with berries black, without pulp, having a sweet 

 and agreeable flavor. He represents it as making an ex- 

 cellent wine, somewhat resembling Madeira. 



The Clinton Grape from Western New York, is early, 

 hardy, small, black, pulpy, juicy, and of medium flavor. 



The White Catawba, a seedling from the Catawba, has 

 been raised, but it proves far inferior to the parent. It 

 has bunches of medium, size, and shouldered, berries white, 

 large, round and pulpy, tasting much like the fox grape. 



The Mammoth Catawba is another new seedling, re- 

 sembling the Catawba in color, but not so well flavored. The 

 bunches are large, shouldered, the berries very large, round } 

 pulpy, and in some seasons subject to fall off before ripening. 



The Ohio or Cigar-box Grape, has been brought into 

 notice by Mr. Longworth, of Cincinnati, as a fine table 

 grape. Its bunches are long, compact, tapering and 

 shouldered, the berries being small, black, thin-skinned, 

 sweet, and without pulp. Seeds large. The wood is 

 strong, but shorter jointed than that of either the Cataw- 



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