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The householder with garden space often wishes to plant grapes for eating purposes. In California and Arizona, varieties of Vitis vinifera are grown home gardens in home gardens, while in other parts of the country varieties of V. labrusca, V. rotundifolia, or hybrids are used. Ideally, the home gardener should plant several varieties that ripen successively.

North America is the world's most prolific center of wild grapes, with more than 50% of the world's known species. In the Appalachian Mountains from New England to Georgia, Vitis labrusca (fox grape) is native. V. rotundifolia (the muscadine, bull, or southern fox grape) is the common species in the South Atlantic states. Many varieties of both species are domesticated and grown home gardens in home gardens.

6. Palaces and Gardens La Granja, near Segovia, has been mentioned as one of the most lavish of Europe's reflections of Versailles. Its gardens and fountains have not been stressed, yet in some ways they not only rival but actually surpass those of their model. Queen Isabella Farnese had this landscaping done when her husband, Philip V, was away on a protracted absence. His comment, when he got home to his beloved and saw the achievement, has become a classic epigram: "It has cost me three millions and has amused me three minutes.