from Virginia and Tennessee to the Gulf and westward through Texas.

The vine is remarkably vigorous, being hardly surpassed in this

character by any other of our native grapes. The fruits are

attractive because of the large bunch and the glossy black of the

small berries, and are borne abundantly and with certainty in suitable

localities. The flesh characters of the fruit are good for a small

grape, neither flesh, skin nor seeds being objectionable in eating;

the pulp is tender, juicy, rich, sweet and highly flavored. The ample,

lustrous green foliage makes this variety one of the attractive

ornamental plants of the South. Herbemont is known to have been in

cultivation in Georgia before the Revolutionary War, when it was

generally called Warren and Warrenton. In the early part of the last

century, it came to the hands of Nicholas Herbemont, Columbia, South

Carolina, whose name it eventually took.



Vine very vigorous. Canes long, strong, bright green, with more or

less purple and heavy bloom; internodes short; tendrils

intermittent, bifid or trifid. Leaves large, round, entire, or

three to seven-lobed, nearly glabrous above and below; upper

surface clear green; lower surface lighter green, glaucous.

Flowers self-fertile.



Fruit very late. Clusters large, long, tapering, prominently

shouldered, compact; pedicels short with a few large warts; brush

pink. Berries round, small, uniform, reddish-black or brown with

abundant bloom; skin thin, tough; flesh tender, juicy; juice

colorless or slightly pink, sweet, sprightly. Seeds two to four,

small, reddish-brown, glossy.