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Vitis Labrusca. 



'' ISABELLA GRAPE." 



This variet}' of grape was early introduced to these Islands, 

 and has become very popular. It is a hardy vine, variable in 

 productiveness, and is practically the only grape grown in any 

 quantity in Hawaii. The leaves are of medium size, often round- 

 ish and thick ; their upper surface is dark-green, the under sur- 

 face is whitish-green. The Isabella is an attractive blue-black 

 grape, bearing in large, well-formed clusters, having a thick 

 bloom. The muskiness of tlie thick skin is somewhat objection- 

 able. 



