NOMENCLATUAE OP GRAPES. 167 



A peculiarity exists with regard to several of our native 

 varieties, which is particularly exemplified in the Isabella ; it is 

 that of being twice-bearing, or of producing a second crop of 

 fruit on the shoots of the same year, which is frequently the 

 case with this vine ; but the grapes seldom attain to maturity, 

 unless in a season when the autumnal frosts are long protracted. 



WHITE SCUPPERNONG. PR. CAT. No. 398. 

 Scuppernong. Roanoke. 



American muscadine. Hickman grape. 



Vitis rotundifolia. PURSH. 



The most perfect account of this grape that I recollect to 

 have seen, is from the pen of James G. Hall, Esq. of Curri- 

 tuck, North Carolina, and published in Vol. IX. No. 18, of 

 the American Farmer ; and as this grape is more particularly 

 cultivated in that region of country, I give some remarks, ex- 

 tracted from his communication, in preference to my own. 

 This grape (he states) is a native of the north-eastern part of 

 North Carolina, and grows spontaneously on Roanoke Island 

 and its vicinity, and formerly was called the Roanoke Grape ; 

 but, as its excellence as a wine grape was first tested at Scup- 

 pernong, the grape has obtained that name abroad. The par- 

 ticular excellence of it is the richness of the grape, and the 

 longevity and hardiness of the vine. The vines in North 

 Carolina are never pruned, and receive little attention other- 

 wise. If they were pruned, and properly attended to, he con- 

 siders that a far greater abundance of fruit would be produced. 

 The grape is round, white, very sweet, and of a good size ; 

 the latter circumstance depending much on the vigour of the 

 vine. They are pleasant for the table, and contain a large 

 quantity of saccharine matter, so happily united with the acids 

 of the fruit, as to render them finely flavoured for the palate 

 and highly prized for wine. It is the opinion of many intelli- 

 gent persons, that the Scuppernong, or Roanoke wine, has a 

 richness and a peculiarly fine flavour unknown in the foreign 

 wines which reach this country. 



