20G NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES, 



SCOTT'S GRAPE. 



This fine variety was presented to me by George W. Jef- 

 freys, Esq. of North Carolina, at the particular request of the 

 discoverer, Gen. John Scott of the same state. In a letter re- 

 ceived from the latter, he remarks " The original vine grows 

 in the woods, on the bank of a small stream ; it is old and 

 large, and runs to such a height upon a tree, that none of its 

 branches can be lowered so as to form layers for planting. 

 No other vine of the same variety has yet been discovered. 

 Its fruit ripens about the first of October, the berries are round 

 and about the middle size, skin thin, flesh juicy and delicate, 

 and the flavour very fine. It belongs to the class of white 

 grapes, is of an amber colour when ripe, and when used for 

 tarts does not colour the pastry. As yet I have not been able 

 to succeed with the cuttings, and apprehend that like our far- 

 famed Scuppernong, and many others of our native varieties, 

 it cannot readily be propagated in that way." I have reared 

 about twenty fine seedlings from the above named vine, which 

 have grown vigorously, and being now in the second year's 

 growth, will no doubt produce fruit the ensuing season. 



BAILIE GRAPE. 



This title I have adopted for a fine native variety, received 

 from Samuel Bailie, Esq. of Virginia, a friend and correspond- 

 ent, to whose philanthropy and liberal sentiments I cannot 

 render justice in any common terms. The present is one of 

 thirteen varieties he has transmitted to me, all of which were 

 collected in their natural localities, and whose relative merits 

 will form an object of future investigation. 



Mr. B. describes the fruit to which I have given his cog- 

 nomen to be of medium size, of a red colour, and free from 

 pulp, and considers that it will be a fine grape when brought 

 into regular culture, to which it has never been submitted 

 until the present year. 



