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\vhie, and are tolerable for the table. Although this grape 

 is said to be from the river Catawba, still there is much un- 

 certainty on that point as I am informed by Thomas 

 M'Call, Esq., of Georgia, a gentleman now far advanced in 

 years, that, in his boyhood, he knew the Catawba from its 

 source, to where it loses its name in that of the Wateree, and 

 that no such grape was known there. Mr Adlum states f 

 that he procured it from a Mr- Scholl, at Clarksburg, Mont- 

 gomery county, Maryland, and that it was called by this 

 name by that gentleman. The grape called, by Mr. Ad- 

 lum, Red Muncy, and found by him wild in Maryland, has 

 proved to be the same as the Catawba. Mr. A. considers 

 this grape " to be worth all others, indigenous or exotic, as 

 a wine grape." 



108. Orwigsburg. The highest authority for informationi 

 relative to this grape, is that of Dr. William Killings, who 

 named it, and brought it into notice. That gentleman, at 

 first, thought it decidedly an indigenous fruit; he now con- 

 siders it probably may be only an American -variety of a 

 foreign grape ; and in this latter opinion I concur, on account 

 of the appearance of the foliage, and the general growth of 

 the vine; the flavour is excellent, it is very juicy, and ex- 

 tremely productive, consequently is very worthy of cultiva- 

 tion ; the colour is white, the skin thin, berries larger than 

 the Menuier, and quite sweet ; the wood of this grape ripens 

 well, and the vine is very hardy. It was found growing in a 

 wild state, in Schuylkill county, about three miles from Or- 

 wigsburg ; it ripens in September. 



Missouri See dling. The fruit is as sweet as the Meunier, 

 and has not more seeds; its appearance is similar to the 

 Elsingburg; some of the grapes of that region have been 

 found to have a superabundance of seeds, from which this is 

 free. This grape may, by culture, prove a valuable acqui- 

 sition, but being new, its various qualifications remain to be 

 tested. 



119. Long's Arkansa.- This grape, which was found by 

 Major Long on or near the Rocky Mountains, possesses 

 foliage so very peculiar as to distinguish it from all others I 

 foave seen. The leaves are deeply indented on the edges, 

 the wood rather delicate in point of thickness, but sur- 

 passing every other, except the Vitis riparia, in its rapid 

 cjrowth, and overrunning every thing in its vicinity. The 

 Iriut, however, is small, sour, very full of seeds, and will not 

 fctar comparison with the Missouri, and otber American 



