. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Vitis Labrusca L. Northern Fox- or Plum-grape. Wild \'ine. Fig. 2830. J-His Labrusca L. Sp. PL 203. 1753- Climbing or trailing, often ascending high trees, sometimes forming a stem a foot in diameter or more, the yoting twigs, forked tendrils, petioles and lower surfaces of the leaves densely rusty-pubescent, especially when young. Bark loose and separating in strips; nod
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Vitis Labrusca L. Northern Fox- or Plum-grape. Wild \'ine. Fig. 2830. J-His Labrusca L. Sp. PL 203. 1753- Climbing or trailing, often ascending high trees, sometimes forming a stem a foot in diameter or more, the yoting twigs, forked tendrils, petioles and lower surfaces of the leaves densely rusty-pubescent, especially when young. Bark loose and separating in strips; nodes solid, interrupting the pith; leaves large, each opposite a forked tendril or a flower cluster, varying from merely dentate to deeply lobed with rounded sinuses; fertile (lowers in compact panicles, the sterile looser; lierries few, brownish-purple or yellowish, about 9" in diameter, strongly musky; seeds ,!-6, about 4" long; raphe narrow. Thickets, Vermont to Indiana, New York, Geor- gia and Tennessee. Recorded from Minnesota. The cultivated isabella, concord and catawba grapes have been derived from this species. Ascends to 2100 ft. in Virginia. May-June. Fruit ripe Vitis aestivalis Michx. Summer Grape. Small Grape. Fig. 2831. ' aestivalis Michx. Fl. Am. 2 : 230. 1803. High climbing, branches terete, the twigs and petioles pubescent; bark loose and shreddy; pith interrupted at the nodes. Leaves as large as those of f. Labrusca, dentate, or 3-S-lobed, floccose-woolly with whitish or rusty pubescence, especially when young, sometimes becoming nearly glabrous when mature; tendrils and flower-clusters inter- mittent (wanting opposite each third leaf) ; inflorescence generally long and loose; ber- ries numerous, about 5" in diameter, black, with a bloom, acid, but edible; seeds 2-3, about 3" long; raphe narrow. In thickets, southern New Hampshire to Flor- ida, west to southern Ontario. Wisconsin. Kansas and Texas. Ascends to 3500 ft. in North Caro
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