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bris, subtus irregulariter reticulars, dense tomentosis aut velutinis, 

 pube incana aut rufescente, baccis magnis rotundis avt ovalibus. 



jf a ^ — l n the Northern and Middle States. V. sylvestris, occi- 

 dentalis, et vulpiria, Bartram, in New York Medical Repository, 

 Hexade II. vol. 1. V. latifolia, canina, luteola, rugosa, ferruginea, 

 labruscoides, blanda, prolifera and obovata, Rafinesque's American 

 Manual of Grape Vines. Vulg. Fox grapes, Isabella and Catawba 

 grape. 



Stem large and talk Leaves widely cordate, sublobately-angled 

 or distinctly three or five lobecl; acuminate, irregularly eroso-dentate, 

 above smooth, beneath irregularly reticulate, beneath densely to- 

 mentose or velvety; the pubescence of various length, hoary or ru- 

 fescent. Berries large, 7 of an inch in diameter, round or oval. 



The commonest form of this species has thick leaves, with a ra- 

 ther long pubescence beneath; the racemes are small, rarely with 

 more than five or six berries on each; these are round, often oblate, 

 black or red colored, acid and austere, frequently occasioning sore- 

 ness of the lips and fauces of those who eat them. Another variety 

 much cultivated under the names of Isabella, Catawba, and twenty 

 other unmeaning names, has the leaves thinner, the pubescence un- 

 derneath much shorter and more velvety, the racemes large, long 

 and dense, the berries more or less oval, red or black, very sweet 

 and agreeable to the taste, with a peculiar flavour, by some called 

 musky. This is much cultivated in some parts of the Union, and 

 wine of a fine quality is made from it. Rut like all the grapes of 

 America the fruit is so watery that it is thought necessary to add 

 sugar to the must, not considering that the must before fermenta- 

 tion can be made of any strength with regard to the sugar contained 

 in it, by boiling, as is done in some parts of the country with apple 

 and pear juice. 



The best of all the varieties of this species is the white fruited, 

 which does not differ in its leaf from that first described; the racemes 

 are, however, large, long and dense, the berries white or green with 

 a slight coppery tinge on the side exposed to the sun. It is, per- 

 haps, the best grape indigenous to America which has been found in 

 the Northern States. It is very sweet, and has but little of the p'e- 



