THE GRAPE. 345 



ScuppERXONG. Prin. Adlum 



Fox Grape, "] 



Bull or Bullet, . ,, ,, 



American Muscadine, \ofi^^'ouih. 



Boanoake. J 



Yitis Vulpina. Lind. 



rotundifolia. Michx. 



The Scnppernong grape is a very distinct soutliern 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 

 tw^o or three inches in diameter, and by their being glossy and 

 smooth on both the under and upper surfaces. These leaves 

 are roundish and coarsely serrated, and the young shoots are 

 slender ; the old wood is smooth, and not shagg}% like that of 

 most vines. This species is dicecious. 



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, pro- 

 ductive, and excellent wine grape. The White and Black Scup- 

 pernong scarcely differ, except in the colour of the fruit. The 

 tendrils of each coiTespond in hue with the fi'uit. 



Bunches small, loose, seldom composed of more than six ber- 

 ries. Berries round, large. Skin thick, light green in the 

 white, dark red in the black variety. Flesh quite pulpy, except 

 when very thoroughly ripe, juicy and sweet, but with a strong, 

 musky scent and flavour. 



To-Kalon. 



Raised by Dr. Spofford, of Lansingburgh, N. Y. 



This fine grape has been but little disseminated in conse- 

 quence of the general supposition that it was very much like, 

 if not identical with, the Catawba, from which it is entirely dis- 

 tinct in wood, foliage, and every characteristic of the fruit. It 

 is a vigorous grower, foliage very large, abundant, and much 

 less rough than Catawba or Isabella, and the alse of the leaves 

 overlap each other different from any other with which we are 

 acquainted. 



Bunches large and shouldered. Berries varying in form from 

 oval to oblate, very dark in colour and profusely covered with 

 bloom. Its fruit, when ripe, is very sweet, buttery, and luscious, 

 without foxiness in its aroma, or any toughness or acidity in its 

 pulp. It is perfectly hardy, and with good treatment in deep, 

 rich, pervious soil, it is an early and abundant bearer; with in- 

 ditierent treatment it is a poor bearer. It ripens a little earlier 

 than Isabella. Wyman is probably the same as this. 



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