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with overrunning the hedges and mounting trees ; the berries of 

 this and the other varieties of the same species are collected 

 and sold in large quantities in our markets in a green state at 

 the period when they have nearly attained their full size, and 

 then serve to make excellent tarts and preserves, and are also 

 used frequently for pickling. 



As far as past experience has extended, it appears that 

 better seminal varieties are obtained from this than from the 

 red fruited kind ; but further experiments may prove that this 

 remark is not without exceptions. Although this vine makes 

 strong shoots, and grows vigorously, extending its branches 

 over hedges and spreading over trees of moderate size to a 

 considerable distance from the main root, still it is considered 

 as one distinguishing mark of the species that it never mounts 

 to a great height, whereas the varieties of Vitis sestivalis often 

 ascend the loftiest trees of the forest. 



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Vitis labnisca, v. alba. 



This vine produces large berries of oblate form, which vary 

 somewhat in size on the same bunch ; they are not perfectly 

 white, but are tinged with a pale russet or amber colour. Al- 

 though a coarse grape, yet it is a more pleasant fruit than 

 some other varieties, and is considered by those who do not 

 possess the finer kinds, as a tolerable eating grape. The 

 leaves are large ; the vine is of rapid growth, and produces 

 plentiful crops. 



It is believed to have afforded berries of greater weight 

 than any other native or exotic vines in cultivation ; several 

 specimens were exhibited at York, Pennsylvania, the past year, 

 from a vine which had been transplanted from the forest and 

 placed nedr a spring, the average size and weight of which 

 were far greater than what the vine produced in its natural state. 

 One of the larger berries weighed 153 grains, another 162, 

 and a third 164 grains, and the latter measured three and 

 three-eighth inches in circumference. 



