554 THE GRAPE. 



RENTZ. 



Origin, Cincinnati, O. 



Bunch large, loose. Berry round, purplish red. Flesh pulpy, foxy. 

 May do for wine. 



ST. CATHERINE. 



Raised by James W. Clark, Framingham, Mass. 



Bunch large, rather compact. Berries large, chocolate color, rather 

 sweet, tough, foxy. Not of much value. 



ST. GENE VIE VE. 

 Rulander. Amoureux. Eed Elben. 



An old Southern variety, and valuable in the South and South- 

 west. Vine vigorous, short-jointed, does not succeed North. 



Bunch medium to small, shouldered, compact. Berry small, round- 

 ish oval, dark purple or black, tender, juicy, sweet, and rich at the South, 

 where it ripens last of July. 



SALEM. 

 Rogers' No. 22. 



Raised by E. S. Rogers, of Salem, Mass. Vine healthy, vigorous, 

 and productive. We have not fruited it sufficient to express a decided 

 opinion of it, more than it promises well. 



Bunch large, short, and broad, compact. Berry large, round, a shade 

 or two darker in color than Catawba. Flesh tender, juicy, nearly free 

 from pulp, sweet, aromatic, and well-flavored. Ripens soon after Dela- 

 ware. 



SCUPPERNONG. 



Bull or Bullet. Roanoke. Vitis Vulpina. 



American Muscadine. Vitis rotundif olia. 



The Scuppernong Grape is a very distinct Southern species, found 

 growing wild, from Virginia to Florida, and climbing the tops of the 

 tallest trees. It is easily known from every other Grape by the small 

 size of its leaves, which are seldom over two or three inches in diameter, 

 and by their being glossy and smooth on both the under and upper sur- 

 faces. These leaves are roundish and coarsely serrated, and the young 

 shoots are slender ; the old wood is smooth, and not shaggy, like that of 

 most vines. 



We have made several trials with the Scuppernong Grape, but find 

 it quite too tender for a Northern climate, being killed to the ground by 

 our winters. At the South it is a very hardy, productive, and excellent 

 wine grape. The White and Black Scuppernong scarcely differ, except 

 in the color of the fruit. The tendrils of each correspond in hue with 

 the fruit. 



Bunches small, loose, seldom composed of more than six berries. 

 Berries round, large. Skin thick, light green in the white, dark red in 



