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1. Yellow unequal berries. 2, Red. :3. White-green, 

 tnusky- 



Var. 4. Moschata. Muscat Grape* Leaves 5 lobed, with 

 tinequal segments and teeth, bunches long^ grape very 

 sweet and muskj. 6 subvarieties. I.White. 2. Green. 



3. Yellow. 4. Red, rounder grapes. 5. Small black. 

 6. Black Constantia* 7. Persian. 8. Syracuse red. 

 S.Gray. 10. Lachryma Christi, black. 



Var. 5. Zibiba. Muscatel or Raisin Grape- Very large, 

 musky delicious ilavorj pulp firm. Sev. var. 1. White. 



2. Green. 3. As large as Walnuts, from Mount Atlas. 



4. Large white^ from Syria. S.Black, thick skin. 6. Red, 

 from Greece. 7. Malaga white. 8. Sicily white. 9. Dam- 

 son Grape, large purple like a Plumb. 



Var. 6. Malve-shi. Malmsey Grape. Leaves like Mus- 

 cat, grape large, juicy, very sweet, not musky. 1. Ma- 

 deira purple, hard skin. 2. Sicily, purple,^ smaller. 



3. Yellow. 



Var. 7. Nigraria. Claret Grape, with thick black skin, 

 commonly a bloom on it, juicy pulp, not musky. Sub- 

 variety 1. Spanish. 2. Italian. 3. Calabrian. 4. Tripoli 

 large. 5. Lombard or Canaan, with large bunches of 4 

 to 10 lb. weight. 6. Claret Grape, small, juice red lite 

 blood, taste harsh. 



Var. 8. Violacea.Vuv^l^ Grape. Skin commonly thick, 

 austere, purplish, pulp firm not musky. 1. Violet c(^or. 

 2. Light purplcr 3- Spanish, a little juicy. 4. Small and 

 h'^-'^h, 5. ^Tivrna, very larsre. 



Var. 9. *3urca. Golden Grape* Leaves velvet-like 

 above- not lobed, glaucous i aeath, beniea. yellow ob- 

 long, perh"^5 a peculiar species. 1. Burgundy. S.Spanish 

 lar^re. 3. fetraw Grape, thick vinose juice, delicious per- 

 fume, makes the fine golden Straw Wine. 



Var. 10. Versicolor. Varied Grape. Leaves variegated 



of red, yellow and green. 1. Grapes nuxt of black and 

 white, a". White and red. 3. Yellow and green. 4. Alep- 

 po black and white. Curious, but indifferent. Perhaps 



var. of V. bicolor. 



Var. 11. Greca, Grecian Grape, glaucous or pale co- 

 lor, skin rather thick, very juicy, not musky, hardly 

 sweet. 2, Blanquette of France. 2. Medoc S.Malaga. 

 4- Cyprus. O.Grecian bluish white. 6. White Hamburg. 



