frost grape

noun

1. riverbank grape.

Word History and Origins

Origin of frost grape¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

Often we may frighten them from the tangled vines of the frost grape and the branches of wild cherry trees, or from clumps of poison-ivy, whither they come to eat the fruit.

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Leaves coarsely toothed, unlobed or slightly 3-lobed Frost Grape, Vitis cordifolia. 8b.

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Leaves sharply toothed, prominently lobed Frost Grape, Vitis vulpina.

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For the same purpose he especially recommends the planting of the following vines: Virginia creeper, bull-beaver, frost grape, and fox grape.

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Origin uncertain; from Western New York; vigorous, hardy and productive; free from disease; bunch medium, long and narrow, generally shouldered, compact; berry medium, roundish oblong, black, covered with bloom; juicy; somewhat acid; colors early, but should hang late to become thoroughly ripe; brisk vinous flavor, but somewhat of the aroma of the frost grape; makes a dark red wine, of good body, and much resembling claret, but not equal to Norton's Virginia, or even the Concord, in my estimation.

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