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NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



the varieties he has discovered may without doubt be hybrids 

 between the respective species. 



WILLIS' FREDONIA. 



Jersey grape. Guernsey grape. 



For this vine I am indebted to John Willis, Esq. of Mary- 

 land, so well known as a most skilful and intelligent amateur 

 of horticulture, and to the title adopted I have attached his 

 cognomen. A very particular description of the famous vine 

 in Mr. W.'s garden was published in the American Farmer 

 the past year. He states to me that it is now of six years 

 growth, and spreads its branches to the extent of one hundred 

 and twenty feet, the diameter of the main stem being only 

 eight inches and three-eighths, and that he calculates the pro- 

 duce the present season will be more than ten thousand bunches. 

 The vine is not troubled with insects, the fruit is black and 

 pleasant for the table. Mr. W. has not been able satisfactorily 

 to trace this variety to its original locality. 



WILLIS' LARGE BLACK. 



Great Hack muscadine. 



I received this variety from the same source as the preceding 

 one. Mr. W. remarks, that its fruit is particularly valuable for 

 preserving, that when used for such purpose it loses the musky 

 or fox flavour, and becomes delicious. The berries he states, 

 are very large, often measuring three inches and one-fourth or 

 more in circumference. The vine was brought originally from 

 Roanoke, and represented to be of exceedingly vigorous 

 growth. The third year sixteen shoots were allowed to grow, 

 and when measured in autumn from motives of curiosity, the 

 vine was found to have run in one season one hundred and ten 

 yards. According to a traditional account of the southern 

 Indians, this vine and the White Scuppernong have been in 

 bearing among them for more than five hundred years ; but 

 notwithstanding this, some of the white inhabitants attempt 



