Fox Grape [1]

Fox Grape

by Bland Simpson, 2006

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Fox grape (Vitis labrusca) thrives in North Carolina's piedmont [5] and mountain [6] regions. One variety of fox grape, the Catawba, was apparently first found along the banks of Cane Creek south of Swannanoa in Buncombe County [7]. Catawba wine also became a popular antebellum spirit well outside the South, fortifying Harriet Beecher Stowe [8] in her literary campaign against slavery.

Image Credit:

Fox Grapes, Charlotte, NC. Image courtesy of flickr user J. Michael Raby. Available from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmr-holdit/4206137534/ [2] (accessed August 22, 2012).

Subjects:

Food and drink [9]

Natural resources [10]

UNC Press [11]

Authors:

Simpson, Bland [12]

Origin - location:

Mountains [13]

Piedmont [14]

Catawba County [15]

From:

Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press. [16]

1 January 2006 | Simpson, Bland