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which renders it still scarce. The leaves are very deeply five- 

 lobed, with irregular indentures on their borders, and the un- 

 der surface is covered with down. The fruit is as sweet as 

 the Meunier, the clusters larger, and as closely set with ber- 

 ries, and it is deemed one of the best native grapes of our 

 country. 



Such is the description which I have received from a cor- 

 respondent who is distinguished for intelligence and accuracy, 

 and from whom I received this vine. 



NORTH CAROLINA WHITE. 



A grape so entitled is cultivated in some collections, said to 

 have been received from North Carolina, and to be entirely 

 different from the White Scuppernong. I have not seen any 

 one who is acquainted with the fruit, but the person who origi- 

 nally procured it from Carolina was informed that the berries 

 were white and of good flavour, and that the vine was a great 

 bearer and a native. Of the latter point, however, I have 

 some doubts, and having only recently obtained it, have 

 never seen its foliage, by which that fact can be readily deter- 

 mined. 



CAROLINA. PR. CAT. No. 375. 



This vine was sent me by a Virginian friend, who received 

 it from Carolina as a distinct wild variety, and on that account 

 he gave it the above name. It has since proved to be identi- 

 cally the same as the Bland. 



KENRICK'S NATIVE. 



Vitis labrusca, wr. 



I give this title to a vine sent me by Wm. Kenrick, Esq. of 

 Newton, who having heard of an indigenous vine producing 

 white oval fruit, has taken great pains to obtain it. Its qua- 

 lities have been highly rated to him, but I omit any details un- 

 til experience shall have more fully tested that point. I deem 

 it an act of justice here to remark that Mr. K. is extremely assi- 



