Roanoke Island - The "Mother Vine"

The "Mother Vine"

Possibly the oldest cultivated grapevine in the world is the 400-year-old scuppernong "Mother Vine" growing on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. The scuppernong is the state fruit of North Carolina.

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