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they are fmall and white, and are fucceedcd by fmill 

 berries of a purplilh colour when ripe. 



2. ViTis vinifera americana.. American Grape 

 Vine. 



There are many varieties of this, which generally 

 rife up with ftrong fteins, climbing by tendrils or 

 clafpers upon neighbouring trees for fupport, often 

 to the height of thirty or forty feet, and of two, 

 three or four inches in diameter ; covered with a 

 dark, rough, loofe bark. The leaves are generally 

 heart-fhaped and fomewhat three lobed ; fawed on 

 their edges, and downy or hairy underneath. The 

 grapes arc produced in bunches, in form of the Eu- 

 ropean kinds, generally between the fize of a Cur- 

 rant and Goofeberry : darkifh coloured, or with a 

 light bluifh caft, and for the moft part of an acid 

 agreeable tafte. 



3. ViTis vulpina. Fox-Grape Vine. 



This in manner of growth hath much the appear- 

 ance of the other kinds. The leaves are generally 

 larger, and fmooth, but whitifli underneath. The 

 fruit or grapes are about the fize of a common cher- 

 ry and have a ftrong fcent, a little approaching to 

 that of a Fox, whence the name of Fox-grape. 

 There are alfo varieties of this, fome with whitifli 

 or reddifli fruit which is generally moft efteemed, 

 and others with black, of which are our largeft 

 grapes. 



4. ViTis Labrufca. Wild American Vine. 



The ftems of this have the appearance of our 

 other kinds. The leaves are generally lefs and of a 



thinner 



