262. THE GBAPE. 



OHIO. 



Longworth's Ohio, | Segar Box. 



The original of the vines now known under this name were some cut* 

 tings left in a segar box at the residence of N. Longworth, Esq., Cincin- 

 nati, during his absence from home. Its true origin is yet in doubt. North 

 of Cincinnati it does not succeed, and wherever planted should have long 

 range on a trellis. Only valued for table use. 



Bunches, large, loose, shouldered ; berries, small, round, nearly black, blue 

 bloom : flesh, without pulp, sweet. Only suited to the amateur. 



PAULINE. 



The finest Southern native grape. Bunches, large, shouldered, compact j 

 berries, medium, brownish crimson, very sweet ; skin, thin ; no pulp. 

 (Berkman's Cat.) 



RAABE. 

 Eaabe's No. 3. 



Bunch, small, compact, rarely shouldered ; berry, below medium, round, 

 dark red, thickly covered with bloom ; flesh, very juicy, with scarcely any 

 pulp ; flavor, saccharine, with a good deal of the Catawba aroma ] quality, 

 " best." (Ad. Int. Kept.) 



REBECCA. 



Originated in the garden of E. M. Peake, Hudson, N. Y. The vines are 

 hardy, and it promises to be one of the most valuable ; leaves deeply lobed, 

 coarsely and sharply serrated ; upper surface light green, under surface 

 with thin whitish down. Bunches, medium size, very compact, not shoul- 

 kered : berries, medium, obovate, greenish white, becoming pale arnber at 

 maturity, and covered with a thin white bloom ; flesh, melting, juicy, free 

 from pulp, musky aroma ; seeds, small, two to four in each berry. 



SCUPPERNONG. 



Fox Grape, of the, South, \ American Muscadine, of the South, 

 Bull or Bullet, " | Eoanoke, * 



A distinct Southern species, vitus vulpina, too tender for the North, 

 highly esteemed throughout the entire Southern States, where it is much 

 grown as a wine grape in vineyards, and is found wild from Virginia to 

 Florida. 



Species, dioecious ; leaves, small, roundish, coarsely serrated, glossy on 

 both sides ; young shoots slender, old wood smooth. The White and Black 

 varieties differ only in the color of fruit, the White being light green, and 

 the Black, dark red. with tendrils of vine corresponding with color of fruit. 



Bunches, small, loose; berries, round, large; skin, thich; flesh, pulpy, 

 juicy, sweet, with a strong musky scent. 



Schuylkill Muscadel, 



Alexander, 



Spring Mill Constantly 



SCHUYLKILL. 



Maderia, of York, Pa., 



Muscadine, 



Cape Grape, 



Clifton's Constantly 

 Tasker's Grape, 

 Winne. 



From the banks of the Schuykill. Pa. Its value is only as wine grape, 

 and for that, not equal to Catawba. We have found it extensively distri- 

 buted North and West as the Isabella. As the leaves are much moro 



