GRAPE VINES. 11 



12. V. labruscoides. Mg. and Raf. Sweet Fox Grape. 

 Branches round and smooth. Petioles subequal, hardly 

 pubescent. Leaves reniform at the base, tritid or quin- 

 quefid, acute, with unequal acute callous teeth, sinusses 

 acute, smooth above, glaucous beneath. Racemes small. 

 Berries large, depressed, juicy and sweet. From New 

 York to Virginia, in woods, &c. Large vine, fruit dif- 

 ferent from the last, musky rather than foxy, skin thick 

 and austere, but inside Avhen ripe with a sweet rich juice. 

 Var. 1. iSerofina, Frost Grape, purplish black. 2.Fubra, 

 Worthington Grape, smaller berries, juice dark red, 

 sweet and rough. 3. Pulposa, Luffborough Grape, ber- 

 ries very large, of a deep purple, pulp dissolving in a 

 sweet musky juice. 4. Precox, Early Grape, middle size 

 berries, black, with a white bloom, sweet mu&ky taste, 

 ripe in July in Virginia. 5. Major, Big Grape of the 

 Catskill mountains. Berries purplish blue, exceedingly 

 large (one measured by Mr. Eaton vv^as 3 inches around") 

 fine sweet pulpy juice. All highly deserving cultivation. 



13. V. riigosa. Raf. Roughleaf Grape. Branches round 

 and smooth. Petioles similar, subequal, compressed. 

 Leaves cordate 5 lobed, coriaceous with rounded acute 

 teeth, lobes acute, very wrinkled above, beneath glau- 

 cous. Racemes elongate compound. From New York to 

 Ohio, blossoms in June. Fruit unknown. 



14. V. c«nma. Raf. Dogs Grape. Branches round and 

 smooth. Petiole striated pilose short. Leaves oval cor- 

 date, base subreniform acute, end subtrifid, middle lobe 

 much longer deltoid very sharp, teeth small broad acute, 

 smooth above, with hairy nerves, glaucous beneath, with 

 rusty nerves. From Pennsylvania to Virginia, &c. Fruit 

 large, purple, tough, with a bad foxy taste, hardly edi- 

 ble. Leaves quite ovate, much longer than bx-oad, some 

 large 8 inches long, 6 broad, petiole 4 inches. 



15. V. liUeola. Raf. Variable Grape. Branches slen- 

 der flexuose, fulvous tomentose. Petioles short similar. 

 Leaves cordate oval acute, base acute, sides hardly an- 

 gular, nearly entire, denticulate by the mere jutting of 

 nerves, smooth deep green above, yellow tomentose be- 

 neath. Grapes large, depressed, hard. In Pennsylvania, 

 &c. Leaves small 4 inches long, 3 broad, petioles 2. 



