1*0 NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 



GREEN SCUPPERNONG. 



Green muscadine. Wild green muscadine 



Vitis rotundifolia,) far. 



This was sent me from the interior of the state of Georgia, 

 it may prove to be different from the white variety, but it is 

 quite probable also it may be synonymous with it, as the fruit 

 of that is of a greenish hue. 



BLACK SCUPPERNONG. PR. CAT. No. 399. 



Purple scuppernong ? Bull grape. 



Red scuppernong ? Bullet grape. 



Muscadine. Bullus. 

 Bullace. 



Vitis rotundifolia, v. nigra. MICHAUX. PURSH. TOREY. 



I have not seen the fruit of this vine ; but as it is produced 

 from the seeds of the other in far the greater proportion, it 

 may justly be considered as the primitive species, and the 

 fruit no doubt is of the same form and possesses the same qua- 

 lities, with the exception of the colour, which is dark red or 

 purple, and in some cases black. The tendrils being pur Je 

 easily distinguish it, without seeing the fruit ; the foliage is 

 also of a darker hue and the leaves much less in size than the 

 white variety, but resemble it in other respects. I think it 

 quite probable that there are several distinct varieties of the 

 Scuppernong with coloured fruit, as the descriptions of different 

 persons vary as to the colour In North Carolina the purple 

 or dark variety is by some people preferred to the white, and 

 is far more generally cultivated there, being that from which 

 the wine is mostly made. The greatest weight of any berry 

 of either of these varieties that I have seen noticed, was of one 

 produced at Washington city, which weighed 82 grains ; but 

 it is probable that berries of greater weight have been pro- 

 duced in its native state and elsewhere. 



