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frequently met with in Virginia, but the natural locality of the 

 preceding one is further to the south. This is by some con- 

 sidered a tolerable fruit, and contains much more saccharine 

 matter than the Sloe, which is probably the original species ; 

 the berries are black, and a correspondent states that they 

 are marked here and there with white specks, which are not 

 observable in the Sloe variety. 



SLOE GRAPE. 



Vitis rotundifolici) var. 



This vine, which is probably the original whence the im- 

 proved varieties of its race have emanated, is inferior to all the 

 others enumerated. The fruit is sour and scarcely eatable, and 

 of a dark purple or black colour. Dr. Norton remarks to me 

 that this and the preceding variety are to the White and Black 

 Scuppernong of Carolina, what the Hughes' crab apple is to 

 the Golden pippin. I have two varieties which differ in respect 

 to size. 



BLACK OVAL MUSCADINE. 



Vitis rotundifolia, v. avata. 



This I received from a friend in Georgia. It is no doubc 

 a variety of the native muscadine, and will be interesting on 

 account of the form of the fruit, as so few of our native vines 

 produce oval berries. I have also received a vine under the 

 same name from Tennessee. 



TENNESSEE ISLAND GRAPE. 



An intelligent correspondent informs me that he thinks from 

 information he has received, the vine called as above in Ten- 

 nessee, will prove to be the best native grape of that state, and 

 he has in consequence commenced cultivating the vines. He 

 has not himself seen the fruit ; but as the tendrils of the vines 

 are different in colour, he expects the fruit will differ also and 

 prove to be of two varieties, purple and white. This vine de- 

 rives its appellation from the circumstance of its growing 



