NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 21 1 



to trace the introduction of these natural products of the soil 

 to Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Richard Willis. 



PERFUME GRAPE. 



A native vine of North Carolina, which received the above 

 title from the late General Jones of that state, is thus described 

 in the American Farmer, by A. J. Davie, Esq. " The vine 

 grows on a small island of the Roanoke, a few miles above the 

 Great Falls. It is surely the only vine of the kind in the 

 state, perhaps in the world, as I have had all the islands care- 

 fully examined, and another cannot be found. Its colour is 

 purple, about one third larger than the common grape of 

 the woods, slightly elongated, a difference in shape which 

 distinguishes it from all others [? auth.] ; in its flavour it is un- 

 rivalled, and when eaten diffuses a most grateful perfume. I 

 prefer it to the Scuppernong. How it may succeed for wine, 

 no one can say, but for the table it equals the best French 

 grapes. Its fine flavour and rarity have determined me to 

 propagate it both by seed and cuttings, and to offer them to 

 those who wish to cultivate the finest vine of this and I believe 

 of any country." [? auth.] 



WEBB'S GRAPE. 



This was discovered by Samuel Webb, Esq. of Philadel- 

 phia, near the town of Woodbury, about ten miles north of 

 Philadelphia. The berries are large, being as he states, about 

 three inches in circumference, and their colour black when 

 fully ripe. 



PALE RED VIRGINIAN. 



This is represented to me to be a very sweet and fine grape, 

 with little or none of the musky taste, the original vine grows 

 on the borders of a rivulet in Goochland county, Virginia. 



