332 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, &C. 



stones, skin rather thick, the flesh firm, juice not plentiful, 

 but of a sweet, highly musky, delicious and peculiar fla- 

 vour. It is an extra fine grape, and requires a warm situ- 

 ation. It does not bear so freely as the former two. 



White Frontignac or Frontignan. Bunches long and 

 narrow, without shoulders, rather closely set, of a dull 

 white or greenish yellow, and covered with a powdering 

 bloom, juice very sugary and rich, with a delightful spicy 

 flavour. It ripens in September, and delights in a dry 

 soil. 



White Hamburg, White Lisbon, White Portugal. 

 Bunches very large, short, and loosely formed: berries 

 large and oval, skin thick, of a greenish white colour, flesh 

 firm, juice sweet, slightly mixed with acid, one of our latest 

 white grapes. The plant is of a strong robust habit, and 

 an excellent bearer. 



.Austrian Muscat. Bunches large and tapering : berries 

 round, of a russet white colour, skin thin, juice rich and 

 musky, and of excellent flavour. It ripens about the second 

 week of September, and is an excellent bearer. 



Black Frontignac, Violet Frontignac, Muscat Noir. 

 Bunches small and short: berries round, and grow close in 

 bunches, skin black, covered with a fine light bloom, flesh 

 tender and juicy, of a rich vinous spicy flavour. 



Black Hamburg. Bunches tolerably large, with short 

 compact shoulders, tapering to a point : berries large, of an 

 oval form, skin rather thick, very nearly black, and covered 

 with a blue bloom ; flesh tender, sweet, and of a rich vinous 

 flavour : ripens about the first of October, but will hang on 

 the vine till frost. This is, in every respect, one of the 

 finest black grapes that can be grown in the open air : it is 

 also a constant bearer. The leaves in the fall are mottled 

 with green and yellow. 



Black Prince. Bunches rather long and generally 

 shouldered : berries oval, and of a good size, skin rather 

 thick, of a dark purple, and covered with a thick bloom; 

 flesh white, sweet, juicy and well flavoured: ripe about the 

 first of October. 



Black Lombardy, West's St. Peter's. Bunches long 

 and well shouldered : berries large, round, and of a regu- 

 lar size ; skin thin and very black, juice plentiful and of a 



