AT THE GARDEN DURING THE SUMMER OP 1862. 629 



Kuscat BurLaie 



Leroy. 



This is not a Muscat. The bunches are quite small, as arc also 

 the berries, which are oval, of a pale grizzly colour, ^vith a tender 

 ilesh, watery juice, and poor SweetAvater flavour. 



Muscat de Juillet ..... 



This proved to be Royal Muscadine, 



Chasselas Bar-sur-Aube .... Papelku 



Pafeleu. 



Chasselas Croquant 



DO. 



These two are synonymous, and bear a very close resemblance to 

 Royal Muscadine, than which they are ratber firmer in the flesh. 



Chasselas de Florence Lekoy. 



Bunch small, cylindrical, loose,- Berries small, partly \Yhite, and 

 partly of a pale grizzly colour. Skin thin and transparent, showing 

 the veins and the seed through it Flesh very tender and sweet, 

 with a poor Sweetwater flavour. Not worthy of cultivation- 



Chasselas de Napoleon . . . . . Leroy, 



This is a later and larger form of Royal Muscadine. 



Stillward's Sweetwater. 



This proves to be the same as Gros Coulard or Prolific Sweet- 

 water. 



Perle d'HoUande 



Ferle d'Anvers 



Pafeleu. 



DO. 



Van der Laan Blanc hdtif . . . . bo. 



These three are all synonymous.* Tljis variety is an early form 

 of Royal Muscadine, and one well worthy of cultivation, being 

 much superior to any of the Sweetwaters, both in earliness and 

 flavour. 



Frankenthal Blanc . . . . - Papeleu. 



Bunches of good size and well set, berries large, roundish oval, 

 set on long pedicels. Skin thin, transparent, and showing the 

 texture of the flesh through. Flesh tender, inclined to be squashy, 

 with a sweet and thin juice. This bears a very close resemblance 

 to Golden Plamburg. 



Grosse Perle Eonde . . ... Papeleu. 



Bunch large, heartshaped and well set. Berries large and ovate. 

 Skin white, thin, and transparent, showing the texture of the flesh 

 through. Flesh firm and half crackling, briskly flavoured and 



