NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 189 



HERBEMONT'S ARENA. PR. CAT. No. 373. 



Arena, of Herbemont. 



This I received from the gentleman whose name it bears. * 

 It was called by him Arena, on account of its being a native 

 of sand hills, that being the situation where it is found wild in 

 South Carolina. It makes a very excellent red wine, which is 

 thought by Mr. Herbemont to be the very first in rank among 

 American wines made of native grapes. It improves greatly 

 by age, and when sixteen months old has been much approved 

 by amateurs ; and at an exhibition of wines by Mr. H. to the 

 Agricultural Society of South Carolina, it received their enco- 

 miums and was pronounced a very superior wine. 



JORDAN'S LARGE BLUE. PR. CAT. No. 38. 

 Jordan's blue. 



I arranged this vine in my catalogue among the exotic 

 varieties, as such I judged it to be from casual observation of 

 the foliage. Mr. Smith, of New- Jersey, however, thinks differ- 

 ently, and enumerates it among the native varieties ; I there- 

 fore give the account of it which I received from him. He 

 states that it was brought to New-Jersey from New-England 

 by Richard Jordan, Esq. that it is a large blue pulpy grape 

 growing in large bunches, and that it is said to have yielded 

 wine that was preferred by the Agricultural Society to Madeira. 

 My original vine was obtained from the same source, whence 

 the above description proceeds. I have not yet myself seen 

 its fruit, but shall have a crop the present year, which will af- 

 ford an opportunity of giving a final decision as to its foreign 

 or native origin. The leaves of my vines greatly resemble 

 those of the foreign varieties ; and as it is possible that an er- 



