186 NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 



MUNCY, BLACK. PR. CAT. No. 392. 



Vitis labmsca, var. 



This was found on the same farm as the pale red Muncy, il 

 is a very productive vine, but the fruit being harsh and unplea- 

 sant, is not considered worthy of cultivation, though it is 

 possible, that wine made from it might become meliorated by 

 age, and at all events it might answer as a subsitute for hock 

 wine. 



NORTON'S VIRGINIA SEEDLING. PR. CAT. 393. 



Vitis JVorfoni. PRINCE. 



This very distinct variety owes its origin to Doctor D. N. 

 Norton, of Virginia, whose assiduity and devoted attention to 

 the culture of the vine for a period of years place him among 

 the distinguished connoisseurs of the subject. It was raised 

 from the seed of the Bland, which fructified in the vicinity of 

 the Meunier or Miller's Burgundy ; there exists, consequently, 

 some probability that it is a hybrid between these two. In 

 appearance the vine much resembles the former of the two, to 

 which its foliage closely assimilates. 



The shoots are strong and vigorous, and of a red colour. 

 The vine resists the cold of the most severe winters, never 

 failing to produce fruit and that most profusely, thriving even 

 without pruning, and requiring, at most, but a partial use of 

 the pruning instrument, and almost equalling the Isabella in 

 its rapid extension ; like that vine it is also well calculated for 

 arbours, bowers, large espaliers, &c. The fruit is of the 

 darkest purple or black colour and ripens in September, but 

 will remain on the vine with a great increase of the saccha- 

 rine principle (as is the case with the finest wine grapes of 

 France) until the end of October in this latitude, and until 

 the first of November in Virginia. The bunches are usually 



