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Vitis rotundifolia, Michx. (V. muscadina, V. angulata, V. verrucosa, V. peltata, Muscadinia rotundifolia, Small). Muscadine. Southern Fox Grape. Bullace, Bullit, or Bull Grape. Fig. 1708, Vol. III. Vine with hard warty wood, running even 60-100 ft. over bushes and trees, in the shade often sending down dichotomous aerial roots: lvs. rather small to medium (2-6 in. long), dense in texture and glabrous both sides (sometimes pubescent along the veins beneath), cordate-ovate and not lobed, mostly with a prominent and sometimes an acuminate point (but somewhat contracted above the termination of the 2 main side veins), the under surface finely reticulated between the veins, the teeth and the apex angular, coarse and acute, the basal sinus shallow, broad and edentate; petiole slender and (like the young growth) fine-scurfy, about the length of the lf .-blade: tendrils (or fl.-clusters) discontinuous, every third node being bare: fr.-bearing clusters smaller than the sterile ones, and ripening from 3-20 grapes in a nearly globular bunch: berries falling from the clusters when ripe, spherical or nearly so and large (1/2 – 1 in. diam.), with very thick and tough skin and a tough musky flesh, dull purple in color without bloom (in the Scuppernong variety silvery amber-green), ripe in summer and early autumn; seeds 1/4 – 3/8 in. long, shaped something like a coffee berry. River banks, swamps, and rich woodlands and thickets, S. Del. to N. Fla. and west to Mo., Kans., Texas, and Mex. For a recent pomological account of the Muscadine grapes, see Husmann, Farmers' Bull. No. 709, U. S. Dept. Agric. (1916); for a treatise on Muscadine grape-sirup, consult Dearing, Farmers' Bull. No. 758 (1916).

Vitis rotundifolia, Michx. (V. muscadina, V. angulata, V. verrucosa, V. peltata, Muscadinia rotundifolia, Small). Muscadine. Southern Fox Grape. Bullace, Bullit, or Bull Grape. Fig. 1708, Vol. III. Vine with hard warty wood, running even 60-100 ft. over bushes and trees, in the shade often sending down dichotomous aerial roots: lvs. rather small to medium (2-6 in. long), dense in texture and glabrous both sides (sometimes pubescent along the veins beneath), cordate-ovate and not lobed, mostly with a prominent and sometimes an acuminate point (but somewhat contracted above the termination of the 2 main side veins), the under surface finely reticulated between the veins, the teeth and the apex angular, coarse and acute, the basal sinus shallow, broad and edentate; petiole slender and (like the young growth) fine-scurfy, about the length of the lf .-blade: tendrils (or fl.-clusters) discontinuous, every third node being bare: fr.-bearing clusters smaller than the sterile ones, and ripening from 3-20 grapes in a nearly globular bunch: berries falling from the clusters when ripe, spherical or nearly so and large (1/2 – 1 in. diam.), with very thick and tough skin and a tough musky flesh, dull purple in color without bloom (in the Scuppernong variety silvery amber-green), ripe in summer and early autumn; seeds 1/4 – 3/8 in. long, shaped something like a coffee berry. River banks, swamps, and rich woodlands and thickets, S. Del. to N. Fla. and west to Mo., Kans., Texas, and Mex.

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'''Muscadines''' (''Vitis rotundifolia'') are a [[Vitis|grapevine]] species native to the present-day southeastern [[United States]] that has been extensively cultivated since the [[16th Century]]. Its recognized range in the United States extends from New York south to Florida, and west to Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. They are well adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer [[chilling requirement|chilling hour]]s than better known varieties and they thrive on summer heat.

'''Muscadines''' (''Vitis rotundifolia'') are a [[Vitis|grapevine]] species native to the present-day southeastern [[United States]] that has been extensively cultivated since the [[16th Century]]. Its recognized range in the United States extends from New York south to Florida, and west to Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. They are well adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer [[chilling requirement|chilling hour]]s than better known varieties and they thrive on summer heat.

===Female (Pistillate) Varieties===

===Female (Pistillate) Varieties===

 

* Black Beauty - Large fruit, 1-1/4 inch in diameter, skin black. Quality very good. Sugar content 24.5%. Ripens mid to late-season. Vine very vigorous. Clusters large. One of the best black muscadines ever developed.  

* Black Beauty - Large fruit, 1-1/4 inch in diameter, skin black. Quality very good. Sugar content 24.5%. Ripens mid to late-season. Vine very vigorous. Clusters large. One of the best black muscadines ever developed.  

* Black Fry - Large fruit, up to 1-1/4 inch in diameter, skin black. Quality excellent, comparable with Fry. Sugar content 20%. Ripens uniformly, early to midseason. Vine very productive, disease resistant. Clusters large.  

* Black Fry - Large fruit, up to 1-1/4 inch in diameter, skin black. Quality excellent, comparable with Fry. Sugar content 20%. Ripens uniformly, early to midseason. Vine very productive, disease resistant. Clusters large.