Vitis vinifera | Vitis | Vaccinium vitis-idaea | ''Vitis'' spp. | Vitis popenoei | Vitis californica |
He was among the first to notice that the American grapes, Vitis labrusca were resistant to grape Phylloxera.
Historically, this has been wine grown from native American species of grapes (such as Vitis labrusca), not European wine grapes, although hybrid and Vitis vinifera grapes are now common in Ohio.