DESCElPnON OP VAEIBTIBS. 261 



ADDITIONAL LIST, M 2. 



New varieties of grapes are constantly being introduced, 

 and they are quite often given a name by which some 

 other variety is known. This is very likely to cause much 

 confusion, and should be avoided if possible. 



The following list has been prepared for the purpose of 

 placing before thfe public the names of the various grapes 

 which are oflFered by the different nurserymen in different 

 pdi-tions of the country. 



It is probably not perfect, although as nearly so as could 

 be made witn the materials at command. 



Some of the varieties named are old, and were discarded 

 by our best nurserymen long ago, although a few, who ap- 

 pear to value a long list of names, still retain, and offer 

 them for sale. 



A large majority of the names represent varieties of the 

 wild grapes to be found in almost every hedge-row and 

 wood in the coimtry, while a few are but little known, 

 some of which may prove to be worthy of cultivation. I 

 have purposely omitted a few names ti be found in some 

 of our older works on horticulture, because it is scarcely 

 probable that the varieties which they represented will . 

 ever be offered again to the public. It is also quite prob- 

 able that some of the kinds named in these old works 

 never existed except on paper. 



Many of the names are only synonyms of one variety 

 or species ; as, for instance, the Scuppernong grape of the 

 South, which is known by a different name in almost every 

 town and neighborhood. 



All of these circumstances assist in causing confusion. 



