GRAPE-VINE. 73 
The Scuppernong of the Southern States enjoys great 
celebrity, both for its fruit and wine-making qualities. In 
North Carolina it thrives well, and bears most luxuriantly. 
Its origin is doubtful. The berries are very large and 
roundish, and grow on separate stems, like cherries. There 
are two kinds, called the white and black, from the color 
of the fruit. The light-colored are generally preferred. 
The Elsendurg is a native of New Jersey, having 
small bunches, compact and shouldered. The berries are 
small, round, jet black, with a thin skin, no pulp, sweet, 
and well-flavored. The wood is slender and very hardy, 
the leaves five-lobed and thick. 
The Missouri is a native variety described by Mr. Bu- 
chanan, of Cincinnati, as bearing bunches loose and of me-. 
dium size, with berries black, without pulp, having a sweet 
and agreeable flavor. He represents it as making an ex- 
cellent wine, somewhat resembling Madeira. 
The Clinton Grape from Western New York, is early, 
hardy, small, black, pulpy, juicy, and of medium flavor. 
The White Catawba, a seedling from the Catawba, has 
been raised, but it proves far inferior to the parent. It 
has bunches of medium size, and shouldered, berries white, 
large, round and pulpy, tasting much like the fox grape. 
The Mammoth Catawba is another new seedling, re- 
sembling the Catawba in color, but not so well flavored. The 
bunches are large, shouldered, the berriesvery large, round, 
pulpy, and in some seasons subject to fall off before ripening. 
The Ohio or Cigar-box Grape, has been brought into 
notice by Mr. Longworth, of Cincinnati, as a fine table 
grape. Its bunches are long, compact, tapering and 
shouldered, the berries being small, black, thin-skinned, 
sweet, and without pulp. Seeds large. The wood is 
strong, but shorter jointed than that of either the Cataw- 
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