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There are several other varieties with purple or white skins.
They are eaten fresh, and have a sweet and refleshing taste.
They are dried and preserved in sugar. Wine is made from
them.
199. b. Vitis labrusca, .., Jap. Yama-bucto ; a deciduous
climber of the order Vitaceae, growing wild in mountains.
The leaves are broad, and their under surface is covered with
brown hairs. The fruits are purplish black and inferior in quality
being too aciduous. There are several other wild varieties. The
one called Yebidsuru is closely allied to this, but smaller.
200. Actinidia arguta, Planch., Jap. Sarunashi, Shirokuchi,-
Kok2iwa ; a deciduous climber of the order Dilleniaceae
growing abundantly in mountains. The largest stems of this plant
are about \\ fts. round In summer it blooms single white flowers,
about inch in diameter, being succeeded with round berries, which
are eaten fresh or dried.
201. Broussonetia papyrifera, Vent., var., Jap. Himekozo
; a deciduous tree of the order Urticaceae, attaining a height
of about 10 fts. It has distinct male and female flowers upon
separate trees. The fruit forms a round ball congregated of small
sweet red pulpy seeds. This is closely allied to Broussoneiia
papyrifera, Vent, and B. hajinoki, Sieb., occuring wild on mountains
and in fields. The fruits have almost the same form.
202. Rtlbus parvifolius, L., Jap. Nawashiro-ichigo ;
a deciduous trailing plant of the order Kosaceae growing wild in
plains and bushes, attaining a length of 4-5 fts. The leaves are
ternate and their under surface is white. It blooms five-petaled
purplish small flowers on numerous small branches at the end of
the stem. They are succeeded by red juicy sweet berries which
ripen in summer. All these berries are formed by the collection
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of small pulp} seeds, having the same taste and different colours.
These grow wild abundantly, but are also cultivated in gardens.
The fruits are eaten fresh or made into jam or wine.