Word Finder - grape

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A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.

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A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine; of genus Vitis.

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A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.

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Grapeshot.

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A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.

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A person's head.

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To pick grapes.

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(of livestock) To develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.

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To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.

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(north) To grope.

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Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.

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Of a dark purplish red colour.

Was it actually a grape, or some poisonous berry?

Behind the cake was a large heart made of grape vines and forget-me-not flowers.

It's basically carbonated white grape juice.

The latter for a time retains its plumpness, but on the appearance of little black pustules, which first occur on the part primarily affected, the grape begins to shrivel.

Another fruit that grows on vines is the grape.

Retrieving the glass of grape sparkly, he picked up the picture and leaned back in the chair.

At first these are marked only by small brown spots; but the spots spread and fuse together, the skin of the grape is destroyed, and the flesh decays, the seed only remaining apparently untouched.

Choose grape varieties suited to your growing zone.

The slope helps water drain away from the roots of the grape vines.

Among the fruitbearing trees, shrubs, vines and plants the grape, the blue-berry, the cherry, the plum and the cranberry are indigenous and more or less common.

One chief means employed by nature in accomplishing this object is the investment of those parts of the organism liable to be attacked with an armour-like covering of epidermis, periderm, bark, &c. The grape is proof against the inroads of the yeastplant so long as the husk is intact, but on the husk being injured the yeast-plant finds its way into the interior and sets up vinous fermentation of its sugar.

The fungus assails all the green parts of the vine, and injures the leaves and young shoots as much as it does the grape itself.

Raspberries, grape vines, &c., that have been laid down may now be uncovered and tied up to stakes or trellises, and all new plantations of these and other fruits may now be made.

The proportion of sugar present in the juice of ripe grapes varies considerably according to the type of grape, the locality and the harvest.

Lay out the grape leaves on waxed paper.

His roles in non-mainstream films such as Edward Scissorhands and What's Eating Gilbert Grape proved that he was talented.

The young dark green stems have a lovely white wax on them like the bloom on a Grape.

Other American Grape Vines worth growing, but possessing no particular value above those already described, are V. rupestris (the Sand Grape), arizonica, and cinerea (the Downy Grape).-W.

Most vines can be increased by cuttings or by single "eyes" treated as in the Grape Vine, though some can only be raised by seeds.

Summer Grape (Vitis Aestivalis) - The leaves are 4 to 6 inches across, a deep green color when old, but in a young state covered on the lower surface with a reddish down.

Californian Vitis (Vitis Californica) - This is the best of the American Grape Vines (excluding the Ampelopsis section) for color in autumn, and it is one of the strongest growers, climbing over lofty trees.

Frost Grape (Vitis Cordifolia) - A vigorous Vine with thin, three-lobed leaves, measuring 3 to 6 inches in diameter, the lobes ending in a long, fine point.

Unlike melons, grape vines need to grow up and over a support, such as a wire or trellis, to allow the fruit to hang free to ripen and pick.Grapes also need very well drained, deep soil.

Grape vine roots can spread out in a circle as large as six feet in diameter, so make sure you plant vines well away from underground wires, pipes, and other things that roots can interfere with.

While some varieties such as Concord are multipurpose and make fine table grapes as well as grapes for jams and jellies, other grape varieties are especially suited for juicing, wine making, table grapes, or drying into raisins.

You may also want to check with your local County Cooperative Extension Office to see what grape varieties they recommend.

You should prune the vines when the winter is almost over, but spring growth has not yet started on the grape vines.

Pruning grape vines requires extensive instruction.

Ohio State University offers a printable PDF fact sheet on how to prune newly established grape vines.

Once you've chosen your location and purchased your grape plants, it's time to plant them.

If you've purchased grape vines in the box containers and you won't be able to plan them right way, place the roots in a bucket of water but be sure to plant them within a day or two.

It's important not to let grape vine roots dry out, but it's equally important not to let them soak too long.

Till the soil in the area where you want to plant the grape vines so that not only the planting area is well tilled, but the surrounding soil.

Grape vine roots spread out in a great big circle around the main plant, so having the soil nicely tilled helps the roots move through the soil as they grow.

Sandy and rocky soil is actually better for grape vines than clay.

If planting a boxed grape vine, remove it from the box and follow directions.

Be sure to water your newly planted grape vines thoroughly and keep them well watered for the first few months after planting.

Treat with the proper fungicides early in the season.Birds are the biggest culprit plaguing grape vines.

Among the shrubs and vines are the blackberry, black and red raspberry, gooseberry, huckleberry, hazel and grape.

In 1850 less than 2000 acres were devoted to the grape, but in 1878 this had increased to over 42,000 acres, which yielded 7,436,000 gallons of wine.

They accordingly communicate in the unfermented "juice of the grape."

In the township there are several villages, including Weymouth, North Weymouth, East Weymouth and South Weymouth, and the smaller villages of Weymouth Centre, Weymouth Heights, Lovell's Corner, Nash's Corner and Old Spain, and there are also four islands, Round, Grape, Slate and Sheep. The mainland itself is largely a peninsula lying between the Weymouth Fore river and the Weymouth Back river, to the west and east respectively.

It was known first as the Plantation of Wessaguscus or Wessagusset; was incorporated as a township in 1635, and its boundaries have been practically unchanged since 1637, when Round and Grape islands were granted to Weymouth.

If grape vines show any signs of mildew, dust them over with dry sulphur, selecting a still warm day.

Fruit trees and grape vines generally should be pruned; and, if the wood of the vine is wanted for cuttings, or scions of fruit trees for grafts, they should be tied in small bundles and buried in the ground until spring.

In sections where it is an advantage to protect grape vines, raspberries, &c., from severe frost, these should be laid down as close to the ground as possible, and covered with leaves, straw or hay, or with a few inches of soil.

The most common grape is white, of which there is a small kind far superior to the ordinary sort.

The common fruits are the date, orange, citron, fig, grape, apricot, peach and banana.

Here for the first time the highlanders were under heavy fire of grape and roundshot, to which they could not reply, and though the right wing and centre, Camerons, Atholl men, Macleans, Clan Chattan, Appin Stewarts, under Lord George and Lochiel, fought with even more than their usual gallantry and resolution, the Macdonalds on the left, discouraged by the death of Keppoch, Scotus and other officers in the advance, never came to the shock.

In 1853, however, the grape disease attacked the vineyards; and thenceforward the production of cochineal, which had been introduced in 1825, took the place of viticulture so completely that, twenty years later, the exports of cochineal were worth £556,000.