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that no fermented juice of fruit can be kept for any length of time, 

 unless it is adulterated with alcoholic spirit. 



In the pine forests of Georgia the V. rotundifolia is found pros- 

 trate, with stems scarcely 3 ft. long. 



12. V. palmata. Foliis ovato-cordatis utrinque glabris, profunde 

 quinque lobatis palmatis, laciniis sublanceolatis, insequaliter lateque 

 crenatis vel incisis. Racemis subclensis subsimplicibus baccis magnis 

 albis gena cupraea. 



Hob. — In North Carolina and on the banks of the Ohio. V. pal- 

 mata Vahl. V. viirginiana Poire t. 



This grape, which is the true Bland's grape of former years, was 

 once (30 years ago) extensively cultivated in the gardens of this 

 city, but has since been utterly lost. I cannot now find a single 

 plant of it. It was perfectly hardy, bore profusely, and ripened be- 

 fore the frosts. 



The above description is made from memory assisted by Vahl's 

 and Poiret's descriptions. I have seen it growing wild in the moun- 

 tains of North Carolina and have been informed that it was once 

 common on the banks of the Ohio river. There is certainly no grape 

 found in America that can be compared with it; in every respect it 

 is equal to any variety of the V. vinifera, being very sweet and per- 

 fectly free from pulp, and without that peculiar flavor which is more 

 or less common to all other American species. 



The V. cordifolia Mx. I have never met with, at least a species 

 corresponding with his description has never fallen in my way 

 either in the North or South . It is said to extend from Pennsylva- 

 nia to Florida. There is another small and sweet grape called the 

 Orwigsburg which I have omitted, although said to be native, I could 

 never satisfy myself that it was so. It has much the appearance of 

 foreign varieties. 



Of the foregoing'species, those most worthy of cultivation are of 

 No. 1, the white variety, and the Isabella or Catawba, which would 

 probably flourish in the coldest parts of Europe; Nos. 6, 11 and 12, 

 all of which are sweet and agreeable, and furnish good wine. 



