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NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 



session some wine made from it several years old, which is oi 

 very agreeable flavour, but not equal to that I have obtained 

 from some other native varieties. This vine was largely cul- 

 tivated by Mr. Tasker, whence it received one of its titles. 



It seems proper here to remark, that Mr. Adlum makes a 

 distinction between the Alexander or Schuylkill muscadel, 

 and the Spring Mill Constantia. The leaves, he states, are 

 very similar, but a difference exists in the appearance of the 

 clusters of fruit, the latter being the handsomest ; both have 

 a pulp, and the Alexander has a little of the Fox grape fla- 

 vour, but the Spring Mill Constantia has not any of it ; it is 

 sweet, without any musky flavour. Mr. Adlum, however, 

 considers both as American grapes, as they most certainly are. 

 The author has cultivated them separately, so that amateurs 

 might gratify themselves by contrasting the two in their expe- 

 riments. 



CLIFTON'S CONSTANTIA. PK. CAT. No. 406 



Cape of Good Hope grape. 

 Vitis lalrusca, mr. 



I should not enumerate this under a head distinct from the 

 Alexander were it not that Mr. Adlum conceives there is some 

 distinction. It is stated to have originated in the garden of 

 Mr. Clifton, Philadelphia, and Mr. C. remarked that it was 

 a chance seedling, unsown by any one. It was obtained from 

 him by Peter Legeaux, and extensively planted at the Spring 

 Mill vineyard ; and it has been imposed on the public as the 

 genuine Constantia of the Cape of Good Hope. It is some 

 satisfaction to know that Americans were not concerned in 

 this deception. It has the same, qualities as the Alexander 

 for wine, and they are generally cultivated and considered as 

 synonymous, although it appears the two have been obtained 

 from different vines which have not as yet been traced to ono 

 original source. 



