28 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



proved by cultivation. It has given rise to the Isabella 

 Grape, &c. 



" Vitis cestivaUs, Michx. (summer grape.) Young leaves 

 downy, with lo'ose, cobwebby hairs beneath, smoothish 

 when old, green above ; fertile ; panicles compound, long, 

 and slender; berries small (one-third or one-fourth inch 

 in diameter), black, with a bloom ; thickets common ; 

 climbing high ; May, June ; berries pleasant ; ripe in Octo- 

 ber."- The Delaware is thought by some to be an im- 

 proved variety of this species. 



2 "Leaves smooth, or nearly so, and green on both 

 sides ; commonly pubescent on the veins beneath ; either 

 incisely lobed or undivided. 



"V. cordifolia, Michx. (winter or frost grape.) 

 Leaves thin, not shining, heart-shaped, acuminate, sharply 

 and coarsely toothed, often obscurely, three-lobed ; pani- 

 cles compound, large, and loose ; berries small (one-fourth 

 inch broad), blue or black, with a bloom; very acerb, 

 ripening after frost ; Var. liiparia, with the leaves 

 broader, and somewhat incisely toothed and cut-lobed. 

 Thickets and river-banks; common; May, June. Flow- 

 ers very sweet-scented." The Clinton is an example of 

 this species. 



" V. vulpina, L. (Muscadine or Southern Fox Grape.) 



