The scuppernong grape is its state fruit; one vine in the Outer Banks is more than 400 years old
... Scuppernong Mother Vineyard (a vine that is now over 400 years old 
and ... 1580's sent back reports from the Outer Banks of grape vines that 
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designated the Scuppernong grape as the official State Fruit (Session laws, 2001
, c. ... a vine that is now over 400 years old and has a trunk more than two feet 
thick.