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North Carolina muscadine grapes. There are about 152 [11] muscadine cultivars grown in the Southern states. [12] These include bronze, black and red varieties and consist of common grapes and patented grapes. [13] Unlike most cultivated grapevines, many muscadine cultivars are pistillate, requiring a pollenizer to set fruit.
The scuppernong is a large variety of muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia), [1] a species of grape native to the southern United States. It is usually a greenish or bronze color and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape, but rounder and larger.
The grape is the primary Muscat variety in Spain, where it is known as Moscatel, though the majority of the country's plantings are used for table grapes and raisins, rather than for wine production. Likewise, in Chile , and Peru most of the Moscatel in both countries is used to produce the distilled drink " pisco ".
Most grapes native to North America fall under Vitis labrusca. These grapes, including the well-known Concord grape, are marked by their "slip skins," thicker skins that slip off the pulp with ease.
The native grapes of this region of the southeastern United States include Vitis cordifolia, Vitis labrusca, Vitis aestivalis, Vitis cinerea, and Vitis rotundifolia (muscadine and scuppernong). Early attempts to grow the European wine grape, Vitis vinifera , in the southeastern United States, including 18th century efforts by Thomas Jefferson ...
In North America, the most common grape juice is purple and made from Concord grapes, while white grape juice is commonly made from Niagara grapes, both of which are varieties of native American grapes, a different species from European wine grapes. In California, Sultana (known there as Thompson Seedless) grapes are sometimes diverted from the ...
1. Ritz Crackers. Wouldn't ya know, a cracker that's all the rage in America is considered an outrage abroad. Ritz crackers are outlawed in several other countries, including the United Kingdom ...
American grape: North American species (e.g., Vitis labrusca; Vitaceae) and American-European hybrids are grown where grape (Vitis vinifera) is not hardy and are used as rootstocks; American mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum; Berberidaceae) American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana; Ebenaceae): traditional for desserts and as dried fruit