muscadine

• She could hear the h oves of the dark horse following her along the other side of the muscadine, but she kept her eyes on the mailbox and didn ;t stop until she had reached Crow ;s Point Road. —  Night Cry
• Historically, muscadine grape vines and the resulting fruit were discovered and recognized as a very important horticultural product, found growing in huge populations and proportions in the United States from Delaware southward along the Atlantic Seaboard. —  Indybay newswire
• The first record of muscadine grape vine occurrence was posted in the ship logbook in the year 1524 by the navigator Giovanni de Varrazzano, who was hired as a captain from Florence, Italy by the king of France to explore and report on the inhabitants and the habitat of the New World. —  Indybay newswire
• Captain Verrazzano described a big "white grape" (scuppernong) that was growing in great profusion at a valley in Cape Fear, N.C. Not only were muscadine grape vines used by the American Indians for fresh fruit and juice, but they were also dried as raisins and preserved as winter snacks, as reported by Captain John Hawkins in 1565 from his sailing records from Florida. —  Indybay newswire
• In 1775, William Bartram in his book, Travels, reported muscadine grape vines that he had observed were virogously growing near Mobile, Al. "when ripe they are of various colours, and their juice sweet and rich." —  Indybay newswire

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