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as those of No. 1, but not so much divided, and cov- 

 ered underneath with a permanent thick down, which 

 is generally white or gray, rarely of a faint rusty hue. 

 The berries are larger than in that, being \ to f inch 

 in diameter, in small bunches, commonly dark purple, 

 but sometimes amber-colored or whitish, and of va- 

 rious quality, mostly with a musky and rather hard 

 pulp. 



The cultivated varieties of this are, according to 

 Mr. Ravenel, the Isabella, Catawba, Bland's Madeira, 

 Concord, Diana, Rebecca, To Kalon, Anna, Mary Isa- 

 bel, Ontario, Northern Muscadine, Hartford Prolific, 

 Catawissa, Garrigues, Stetson s Seedling, York Madeira, 

 Hyde's Eliza, Union Village, Early Chocolate, Harvard, 

 Early Black, Green Prolific Kilvington. * The first 

 two in the list are, I believe, the most approved, and 

 most extensively cultivated ; both of which are said 

 to have originated in this State. 



A foreign origin has been claimed for the Isabella, 

 but this is an evident error, proved in the fact that 

 seedlings of the Isabella sometimes revert to our Fox 

 Grape in every particular of leaf and fruit. This has 

 been tested by Mr. Caradeuc, of South Carolina, as 

 I learn from Mr. Ravenel. But what is regarded as 

 a scientific demonstration of its American origin, is 

 the fact that its seedlings sometimes have barren 

 stocks, like all our American species, which is not 

 the case with any European Grapes. Besides, the 

 Isabella, in its specific characters, comes nearer to 

 our Fox Grape than to any other. 



