1821 T. Nuttall vii. 137 A species of Vitis, June grape from its ripening at that early period, was also nearly in blossom.
1908 U. P. Hedrick 121 The first record of Riparia Praecox is a statement by Prince..that Nuttall had told him that the June Grape growing on the Mississippi was the true Vitis odoratissima.
2005 E. N. Kozloff 364 Vitis riparia, June grape or riverbank grape, with a range extending from Nova Scotia to New Mexico, is sometimes cultivated for its red autumn foliage.