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Black Hamburg to the dessert table at the same time. 

 The vine is a robust grower and free fruiter, young 

 vines being inclined to break or push into growth 

 irregularly unless they are tied in a horizontal position 

 with the ends pointing towards the ground. The leaves 

 and leaf-stalks are downy and acquire a reddish tint 

 before they fall in December. The bunches are fre- 

 quently lopsided, extending from nine to twelve inches 

 in length. The skin is thick, tough, and firm, the 

 flesh being greenish in colour, thick and solid, with 

 a somewhat sharp, but sweet, pleasant flavour when at 

 its best. 



The grape was raised by Mr Foster, gardener to 

 Viscount Downe, of Beningborough Hall, York, in 1835, 

 from the Black Morocco, fertilised with pollen obtained 

 from the Sweetwater (presumably Stillward's Sweet- 

 water). Ten years later, the fruit was first shown 

 before the Horticultural Society, but was not put into 

 commerce until 1853, wnen ^ was sent out by Messrs 

 Backhouse of York. 



Large bunch producing varieties of the White Grape. 

 Mention may here be made of white varieties of the 

 grape-vine which, under special treatment (as described 

 under the side heading of Gros Guillaume), are capable 

 of producing extraordinarily large bunches of grapes. 

 These are Trebbiuna, grown and exhibited by Mr 

 Curror, of Eskbank, Dalkeith, twenty-six pounds, four 

 ounces : White Nice, grown and exhibited by Mr James 

 Dickson, gardener to John Jardine, Esq., Arkleton, Lang- 

 holm, Dumfriesshire, twenty-five pounds, fifteen ounces 

 and nineteen pounds, five ounces respectively ; Syrian, 

 grown by Mr Speechly, at Welbeck, Worksop, Notts, 

 weight nineteen pounds. The above-mentioned varieties 

 are three good keeping white grapes of second or third 

 rate quality and easy culture. 



