Scuppernongs — a kind of muscadine grape with a thick, speckled skin and a saccharine center — get their name from the Scuppernong River that curls through Tyrell and Washington Counties in ...

WRAL contributor At the northern end of Roanoke Island, you can find the Mother Vine covering over half an ... name for this grape is Vitis rotundifolia, and it is a variety of muscadine grapes.