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they are fmall and white, and are fucceedcd by {mail 
berries of a purplifh colour when ripe. 
2. Vitis vinifera americana. American Grape 
Vine . 
There are many varieties of this, which generally 
rife up with ftrong ftems, 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 are 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 call, and for the moil 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 whitifh underneath. The 
fruit or grapes are about the fize of a common cher- 
ry and have a ftrong fcent, a littte approaching to 
that of a Fox, whence the name of Fox-grape. 
There are alfo varieties of this, fome with whitifh 
or reddifli fruit which is generally molt 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 
