. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. estivalis. A distinguishing feature isthe thick blue bloom on the under surface of theleaf. It loses this toward fall, but does not havethe brown woolly masses of the Summer petioles and tendrils are long. The young growths, as well as the under leafsurface, are usually covered with the distinguish-ing blue bloom. The vine growls along streamsand on banks from New York to Illinois and tomountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. RIVERSIDE OR SWEET-SCENTED GRAPE Vitia vulpina. Vitis riparia Gra
. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. estivalis. A distinguishing feature isthe thick blue bloom on the under surface of theleaf. It loses this toward fall, but does not havethe brown woolly masses of the Summer petioles and tendrils are long. The young growths, as well as the under leafsurface, are usually covered with the distinguish-ing blue bloom. The vine growls along streamsand on banks from New York to Illinois and tomountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. RIVERSIDE OR SWEET-SCENTED GRAPE Vitia vulpina. Vitis riparia Grape Family This species differs from Vitis cordifolia(the following species) chiefly in the followingparticulars: — Fruit. — The berries are thickly covered withblue bloom. The seeds are small. The fruitclusters are much-branched and often compound. Leaves.—These show deeper and more frequentlobes. The veins and angles are often hairy. Flowers. — The blossoms are very grow in smaller, denser clusters. This has a range from New Brunswick to BLACK OR DARE PURPLE A 213. Riverside Grape (Vitis vulpina) North Dakota, Kansas, and Colorado, south toWest Ynginia, Mississippi, and Texas. It is thesource of some cultivated species ; Elvira, Clinton,and others. 214 HOW TO ENOW WILD FRUITS FROST OR CHICKEN GRAPEVitis cordifolia Grape Family Fruit. — The small round berries are numer-ous in the loose-branched cluster. They areblack with a slight bloom, have a thick skin,^scant pulp, and one or two medium-sizedseeds. They are sour, but improve in flavorafter being frosted. October, November. Leaves. — The leaves are usually undivided,but sometimes are suggestive of three lobesor angles. They are coarsely toothed withsharp-pointed teeth. The apex is generallylong and pointed, and the base is heart-shaped. The upper leaf surface is shiny andthe lower one green and usually smooth, withoccasionally fine hairs along the veins. Flowers. — The flower cluster is long, bran
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