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produced by long culture in different soils—and a number of them are | 
cultivated in the United States, for their delightful fruit ; but the pro- J 
duct is rather uncertain, in this climate, without great care and atten- : 
ion. T i / 
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ogy and song (an excessive use of it, the cause of infinite mis- 
chief), from the earliest ages down ~ maa! pera ook t of Temperance | 
Societies, in the present day. The ts, of commerce (Corinths, or 
rapes of Corinth)—often called Zant or as ase believed to be a : 
small-fruited, nearly seedless variety of thigpor perhaps a distinct yet 
nearly — ais 
* Flowers diacious-polygamous (Native species ). 
SY, see sca, L. Leaves roundish-cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, 
“sd dentate, densely tomentose beneath; racemes simple ; berries 
PeLciins: of the Northern States. 
Stem 15-20 or 30 feet long, pide, arom ed bushes and small trees. Leaves 4-6 inches 
in ey ed ‘omentum beneath ta toles 2-3 inches long. Berries globose, 
large (about half an inch in diameter), w when mature te in color from nearly black 
to dark anes and pike nish-white— a thickish coat, a tough central pulp, and a 
musky or rancid flayor. 
Moist thickets, aioe ‘streams : Canada to Georgia. Fl. June. Fr. September. 
Obs. This grape is distributed from Canada to Texas, and presents a 
considerable variety in its fruit, being of various colors, and differing 
in ag size and flavor. In general the fruit has a strong and ue a 
r, but some of the varieties have this in a less degree and are highly 
esteemed It is supposed that the generally cultivated Isabella and Ca. 
tawba grapes are varieties of this, as are also several others. 
8. ¥. va lis, Mz. Leaves broadly cordate, often 3-5-lobed or 
siouately palit on coarsely and unequally dentate, loosely tomentose 
a mostly compound, long, many-flo wered ; ber- 
Srinnen Vimis. Little Grape. Common Wild Grape, 
Stem 20-40 and sometimes 60 feet or more in len, a a 4-8 inches Iong, often 
satmateny lobed with rounded sin sin’ sien whee russet 
coe ceete beneath, whic and tong shinsete with age, and sometimes 
nearly disappears, " Berries eae small I (generally about one-fourth of an inch in di- 
amete - = blue or Negron black when mature, and covered with a fine glaucous pow- 
der. — thinnis! d the flayor mpoteir cially after a little frost) a sprightly agreea. 
ble ac 
‘Rien Niutinitie and thickets: Connecticut to Florida. Fl. June. Fr. October, 
Obs. This is the tallest climber rd all our Grape-vines, in Pennsylva 
pia; and I have scen an old vine, of this ene 8—10 inches in ae 
ter, at base. The frait ae eee ba ity,—the best spec 
being well worthy of culture. I have pu a native of this inl 
in which the fruit often equals that of the “ English Grape” (or Miller’s 
