DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FOREIGN GRAPES. 185 



LOMBARDY. Flame-coloured Tokay, Red Rhenish, Wantage. Bunches 

 very large, frequently weighing six or seven pounds, being from twelve to 

 eighteen inches in length ; berries large, of somewhat oval figure ; skin of a 

 pale red or flame colour; flesh firm, with pretty well-flavoured juice: this 

 variety requires fire-heat to bring it to perfection. 



* MILLER'S BURGUNDY, Miller Grape, Le Mennier, Morillon Taconne. 

 Bunches short, thick, and compact ; berries small, roundish, very closely set 

 together; skin thin, with fine blue bloom; flesh tender, abounding with sweet, 

 high-flavoured juice ; each berry contains two small seeds. 



* PITMASTON'S WHITE CLUSTER. A pretty hardy English variety. Bunches 

 of medium size, compact, and shouldered ; berries middle size, round ; skin 

 thin, light amber colour, occasionally shaded with russet when fully ripe; 

 flesh tender, juicy, sweet, and excellent. 



t RED HAMBURGH, Warner's Red Hamburgh, Brown Hamburgh, Gibral- 

 tar. The berries of this are of a dark red or purple colour, with a thin skin, 

 and juicy, delicate flesh. The size and figure of both the bunch and the berry 

 are very much like the Black Hamburgh, except the latter being less oval, 

 and growing more loosely on the bunches. When the berries are imperfectly 

 ripened, they are of a pale brown colour, hence it is called Brown Ham- 

 burgh. 



* ROYAL MUSCADINE, Amber Muscadine, Early White TeneriJTe, Golden 

 Chasselas, White Chasselas. Bunches large and shouldered ; berries round, 

 larger than those of the Sweetwater ; skin thin, at first greenish white, but 

 turning to an amber colour when fully ripe : flesh tender, and of a rich flavour. 



SYRIAN. Bunches enormously large, with broad shoulders; berr'es large, 

 oval ; skin thick, white at first, but amber colour when fully ripe ; flesh firm, 

 juicy, and sweet. A bunch of this variety was gathered in Mr. Speechly's 

 vinery at Welbeck, England, four feet and a half in circumference, weighing 

 nineteen pounds and a half. The Syrian grape is supposed to be the sort meii- 

 tioned in Numbers xiii. 23. 



VF.RDELHO, Verdal, Verdilhio, Madeira Wine Grape. Bunches rather 

 small, loose, inclined to shoulder ; berries oval, small, rather unequal in size; 

 skin thin, almost transparent; juice, when fully matured in the vinery, of a 

 rich saccharine flavour. 



WHITE FRONTIGNAN, White Frontignac, Muscat blanc, White Constantia. 

 Bunches rather long, without shoulders; berries middle size, round, rather 

 closely set ; skin thin, of a greenish yellow, covered with a thin bloom ; flesh 

 tender, very rich, and of a high musky flavour, when cultivated in the vinery. 



WHITE HAMBURGH, White Raisin, White Portugal, White Lisbon, Rai- 

 sin Muscat. Bunches large, loosely formed ; berries large, of an oval figure ; 

 skin thick, of a greenish wiiite colour; flesh hard; juice sweet, and slightly 

 acid. Bunches of 3 Ibs. weight have been gathered, in vineries near Boston. 



WHITE MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA, Jerusalem Muscat, Passe longue Musque, 

 Malaga, Tottenham Park Muscat. The most delicious of all grapes, but re- 

 quires to be grown under glass in this climate. Bunches large, and well- 

 shouldered ; berries large, oval ; skin thick, of pale amber colour when fully 

 ripe; flesh firm ; juice of a sweet, musky, and most delicious flavour. 



* WHITE MELIER, Melier blanc, Early While Malvasia, Early Chasselas. 

 Berries middle size, somewhat of an oval figure; colour yellowish white; 

 flesh sweet, juicy, and agreeable in flavour: ripens in August. 



WHITE NICE. Bunches very large, with loose shoulders : berries roundish, 

 of medium size; skin greenish white, becoming yellowish when ripe; flesh 

 crisp, and of good flavour. Mr. Mclntosh has gathered from his vinery in 

 England bunches weighing eighteen pounds. 



