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species is found growing along the Alleghany range, 
from southern New York to Alabama, to which the 
the 
vynertion in, jured a! insect punctures. The 
efer: 
ed for pk tses| well after yes gathered 
That of the northern form is late in 
maturing, a“ —_— ha es its highest senntlic by 
ntil the thermometer ue 
4 proximity to the free reezing point, w. 
rn localities, it proves ee aoe 
f 
rth- 
ruit ~ ef avalty ‘either 
eatly i 
ize its flavor and vinous character as ripened in 
southern Maryland or aL Th test obj 
to it as a wine grape is that of havhig too mu ch acid. 
The fruit is not so eer in sugar as is generally sup 
posed, having enough of this important ingredient for 
a good wine. Nor has it any foxy or musky taste 
whatever, the Le cone of our Foe in France to the 
The peculiar ‘flavor in 
The flavor 
and its ous ag 
Marion and other siaiea of this class may also be p 
ferable to Clinton in this eae Analysis shows pri 
they have a sufficiency of sugar, and it seems probable 
that the wines only require age to develop their quali- 
ties. 
It is known that wines from the Clinton variety, 
when kept in a suitable cellar sur tee Be - 7, 
assume a fine character. There 
to favor the belief, that if as anak time and care had 
been Sevetea vs the improvement of this species as has 
been given to the Fox family, we aes now be in 
possession of a a northern red-wine grape. 
management and sai ure has also a de- 
productiveness of this species. 
canes the best chin neq 
tance from the base, or point of grow 
th e stem consequently, if cut closely back at the nite or 
uds for fruit bearing are re- 
growers and when Beate in rich soils are almost un- 
trolable. 
The wood of the cultivated varieties is soft,’contain- 
ing a thick medulla; they are agit haha therefore my 
from cuttings. The roots are wi ugh, 
a thin, hard liber, growing rapidly:;.: “Hence Sea = 
» W. 
is usually found in small numbers on the eir roots, even 
while their foliage is densely covered with its 
The roots have so much vitality that new rootlets push 
out from the swellings more rapidly than the insect can 
wep “8 aa 
ties of this Scenes especially Clinton, are 
meron oaneiay dita use k for gra 
ra afflicted vin rad s of France 
re ig gta 5) for this purpose, as aor seem 
not to unite eadily with the ; and are more 
subject to s Ee. from re aa ae close to the 
roots, than varieties of other specie 
Vitis VuLprina, Linneus. ee or often 
climbing very high, with small, ( 
i ro 
m and glossy dark-green leaves, s 
scat slightly hairy on the und 
coarse and Jarge, or broad aaa bluntish teeth. 
The Southern species, known under the name 
of Elen Fou-grape, Bullace or Bullet- 
ae: or gia is found along water- 
amp woods of the Southern 
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straggle fat south-east Missouri. 
cultivated varieties, especially the white Scup- 
pernong, are highly esteemed in the South. 
VITICULTURAL REMARKS. 
uthern grape growers generally Sea bse spe- 
ee as Vitis Rotundifolia, Michaux. trictly 
confined to Southern States, and * fatale and 
e ithe 
forked ee those of other grape vines. 
annot be grown from cuttings. 
se si Aas them; on po wires. they must be 
at a , except cut- 
erect to support them. 
some good cultivation ot the soil, they produce annually 
arge and ih <a being entirely free from rot and 
fr 
—— 
mildew and, eems om the attacks of insects. 
The Vitis R ateeatttts enjoys so far, perfect immunity 
from Phylloxera, (some pi have been fou nd on their 
leaves, but no trace of the insect on their roots, which 
are of = ingent, aes taste. is immunity 
caused them to be exported into France. but thei 
fruit is so defen in grape sugar, Lope ng it tastes 
sweet, con searce any acid, ) an rich i 
musky flavor, that * eapenliciags Pe French 
ite; ’ 
af th wood 
