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TEXAS, DIVERSE LEAVED. PR. CAT. No. 402. 

 Vitis dwersifolia. PRINCE. 



1 have received a species of grape from the border of Texas, 

 which I have named as above, on account of the very great 

 variation in the form of the leaves, a part of which are simple, 

 others three lobed, and some fiv.e lobed ; they are also very 

 downy on the under side. The person who sent it states, that 

 they do not run much to vines, but grow about three or four 

 feet high, and then bend over and fall to the ground ; and 

 that they produce a great abundance of very good grapes. 



Having cultivated this vine two seasons, I have found it to 

 be less inclined to form long shoots than other native varieties ; 

 one shoot, however, has attained to eight or nine feet in 

 length. The vines being small and weak when received, they 

 have not yet produced fruit, but I anticipate having fruit next 

 year. 



I have also some vines, the seeds of which my correspon- 

 dent writes me, " were procured from the north-west pass of 

 the Rio Grande, or Rio del Norte, in Texas, five hundred miles 

 west of St. Antoine, and one thousand from Natchitoches." 

 He states that they grow in abundance on the Rio Grande, 

 and are tolerably large and fine flavoured. 



TEXAS, CURIOUS FOLIAGE. PR. CAT. No. 401. 



Vitis diversifolia, var. 



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This vine I received from a source different from that of the 

 other Texas variety I have described. It bears much resem- 

 blance to that in its dwarf growth, but differs in foliage ; the fruit 

 I have not yet seen. My correspondent, who sent this kind, 

 remarks thus, in a letter recently received " Instead of the 

 Texas grape being sour, as I described it heretofore, the better 

 opinion seems to be that it is a large, slightly reddish fruit, 

 very juicy, sweet, and with little or no pulpy coherence, of 



