184 . NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



course a good table grape. In the prairie country of Texas, 

 where it abounds, the old grass is annually burnt off, and the 

 vine shares the same fate ; in the spring season it shoots out of 

 the ground from the old roots very luxuriantly, and falls all 

 round upon the ground, borne down by the multitude of its 

 fruit." 



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MISSOURI. PR. CAT. No. 390. 

 Missouri seedling. 



Vitis Missouriensis. 



The fruit is as sweet as the Meunier, and has not more 

 seeds ; its appearance is similar to the Elsingburg. Some of the 

 grapes of that region have been found to have a superabun- 

 dance of seeds, from which this is free. This vine may, by 

 culture, prove a valuable acquisition. 



LONG'S ARKANSAS. PR. CAT. No. 386. 



Vitis LongiL PRINCE. 



This grape, which was found by Major Long on or near 

 the Rocky Mountains, possesses foliage so very peculiar, as to 

 distinguish it from all others I have seen. The leaves are 

 deeply indented on the edges, and of singular appearance, 

 bearing some affinity to those of the Scuppernong, but three or 

 four times the size ; the wood rather delicate in point of thick- 

 ness, but surpassing every other, except the Vitis riparia, in 

 its rapid growth, and overrunning every thing in its vicinity. 

 The fruit, however, is small, sour, very full of seeds, and will 

 not bear a comparison with the Missouri and other American 

 grapes. This, the Isabella, and the Elkton, are considered to 

 be the best to use as stocks to ingraft on. 



