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October 10, 2012

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The Mother Vine may be the oldest grapevine in America. The plant, which still produces grapes and whose canopy has covered as much as two acres, is of the native American species Vitis rotundifolia, traditionally used in North Carolina to make a sweet wine called muscadine, or scuppernong. Photo courtesy of WHAT.



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