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sweet, but without any merit to recommend it. This is evidently 

 a wine grape. 



Orosse Perle Blanche Papeleu. 



Bunches large, loose and tapering. Berries of large size, oval, 

 and resembling a large Muscat of Alexandria. Skin thick and 

 hard. Flesh firm and crackling, but v^ithout any flavour. This 

 is like Pause Jaune, but sets much more freely. 



Vicane . 



P APE LEU. 



Bunches large and well set. Berries large, roundish oval. Skin 

 very thin and tender, white and transparent. Flesh tender, with 

 a fine Black Hamburg flavour. One of the best white grapes, 



Cabral, 



Bunches of good size. Berries rather large and oval. Skin white 

 and thin, t'lesh very tender, with a watery juice and a poor 

 Sweetwater flavour. 



Salicette . 



Papeleu. 



Bunch long, tapering and loose. Berries small and round. Skin 

 white and transparent. Flesh tender, very juicy, watery and acid, 

 A very inferior variety in flavour; possibly it is a wine grape. 



Precoce d'Aout 



Papeleu, 



This is synonymous with Precoce de Malingre, a very early, but 

 very small grape, and not vrorth cultivating. 



Chasselas Eouge Jalahert . . . . Leroy. 



Chasselas Hose Tioyal 



DO. 



Bunches of medium size, cylindrical and well set. Berries small, 

 round, and of a clear pale red colour. Flesh tender, with the fla- 

 vour of Kojal Muscadine. An excellent and highly ornamental 

 grape, well worthy of cultivation. 



Chasselas Grise i . . . . Leboy. 



This has a smaller bunch and smaller berries than Chasselas Bouge 

 Jalabert, and is in every respect an inferior variety. The colour 

 is also of a much paler red. 



Chasselas de Negrepont , ' . . . Leeoy, 



Chasselas Hose de Falloux, ' . 



Chasselas Noir de Hongrie, 

 Bunches quite small and short. Berries small, round, and of 

 a dull dark brown colour. Flesh melting, juicy, sweet and nicely 



