Grape
the fruit of Vitis vinifera, or the plant itself. The native country of the vine is the region round the the Caspian Sea, extending through Armenia as far W. as the Crimea. It has been cultivated from the remotest antiquity (Gen. ix: 20). It flourishes in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.
Bear's grape is Vaccinium arctostaphylos, also Arctostaphylos uva ursi; the Corinth grape is the black Corinth variety of Vitis vinifera, the one which furnishes dried currants; the sea-grape is Ephedra distachya, also Sargassum bacciferum; and the seaside grape Coccoloba uvifera.
GRAPHITE, a hexagonal mineral, crystallizing in flat six-sided tables. GRAPHITE, a hexagonal mineral, Color, iron-black to dark steel gray, with a metallic luster and a black shining streak. Composition: Carbon, either pure with an admixture of iron, or occasionally of silica, alumina, and lime. It is popularly called black lead, though there is no lead in its composition . The product is used for the manufacture of pencils, lubricants, paint, stove blackin ing, crucibles, and foundry facings . The chief sources of supply are Ceylon, and, prior to the World War , Austria-Hungary. It is also found in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and other countries. The production in the United States in 1919 was about 7,434 , - 000 pounds, valued at $696,000.
This came chiefly from Alabama, New York, and Pennsylvania.