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very high flavour ; is perfectly ripe about the middle of 

 October, and will keep on the vines till frost. 



Black Muscadine, Black Chasselas, Violet Chasselas. 

 Bunches about the size and shape of the Golden Chasse- 

 las : berries perfectly round and covered with a blue bloom : 

 flesh juicy and of a very rich flavour : ripens about the 

 first of October. 



Frankendale. Bunches large, with small shoulders, and 

 rather longer than the Black Hamburg : berries round and 

 closely set ; skin deep purple, approaching to black, cover- 

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

 a luscious flavour : it is a great bearer, and fully ripe about 

 the end of September or first of October. 



Grizzly Frontignac, Muscat Gris. Bunches of a me- 

 dium size, with small shoulders: berries round, of a light 

 brown colour, intermixed with red and yellow ; the juice 

 is exceedingly rich, and possesses a high spicy flavour: it 

 ripens about the middle of September. 



Hansteretto. Bunches large and well formed: berries 

 also large and perfectly round, of a jet black colour when 

 perfectly ripe; flesh rather juicy and of a rich flavour; 

 leaves deeply lobed and a little downy underneath. An 

 excellent hardy grape, but inferior in quality to the Black 

 Hamburg : ripe about the first of October. 



