106 liEPOKT ON SOME VARIETIES OF GRAPES, ; 



bloom ; skin very thin ; flesh tender, melting, and very richly | 



flavoured, both sugary and piquautly vinous. Leaves sharply j 



serrated, the ribs of the under surface covered with cobwebbed j 



tomentum, and having bristly pubescence in their axils. This is } 



the true old Black Hamburgh, and though smaller both in the i 



bunch and berry than other varieties, it is decidedly the best in \ 



quality. Warner's Hamburgh, the Hampton Court, and the 1 



Richmond Villa Hamburgh are synonymous kinds. ? 



Dutch Hamburgh:— fiom Messrs Lek, of Hammersmith ; the ; 



same as Wilmot's Black Hamburgh, from IMr. Wilmot, of Isle- ^ 



worth. Bunches medium-sized, compact, not much shouldered ; I 



berries large roundish-oblate, indented as if hammered on the i 



surface, and often so much so as to appear misshapen, black, i 



covered with a thin bloom ; skin thick, adhering closely to the ] 



flesh, which is coarse, firm, and hollow around the seeds. Leaves I 



bluntish ; the veins of the under surface clothed with cobwebbed ij 



tomentum, and having tufts of bristly pubescence in their axils. ] 



This differs from the Black Hamburgh in having larger berries, '• 

 more decidedly round, and marked like a hammered bullet; the 



flesh is much firmer, but not so juicy nor so rich and sugary ; the \ 



leaves are also less pubescent. . 



Frankentlial :— To this must be referred the Pope and Victoria j 



Hamburghs, and the Black Tripoli of Welbeck. Bunches large, | 



strongly shouldered ; berries roundish, frequently oblate, and i 



rarely roundish-oval, somewhat indented or hammered-like, but " 

 less- so than the Dutch Hamburgh, black covered with a thin 

 bloom ; skin thick, adhering to the flesh, which is firm and often 



hollow around the seeds, of which there are generally two, ; 

 sometimes three. Leaves with bluntish serratures ; the main 



ribs have only a slight covering of cobwebbed tomentum, but I 



are covered through their whole length with bristly pubescence. . , 



It is a fine-looking Grape of vigorous growth, but less rich and ', 

 highly tkvoured than the true Black Hamburgh, though superior 



in these respects to the Dutch Hamburgh. ) 



Mill Hill Hamburgh :— from Messrs. Lee. The same as 'i 



the Dutch Hamburgh. J 



Pope Hamburgh :— from Messrs. Lee. The same as the | 



Victoria Hamburgh :— from Messrs. Lee. The same as the 1 



Frankenthal. \ 



GoldeuHamburgh:— from Mr. Veitch, of Chelsea. Bunches i 



