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VINES AND VINE CULTURE. 



FRUIT. Punches large, or above medium-sized, of a long tapering form, with 

 generally one large shoulder; always well set. Berries medium-sized, round. 

 Skin pale straw, nearly transparent. Flesh firm, juicy, fairly sweet and pleasant, 

 but not rich. 



HISTORY, ETC. This has been grown for a good many years at Chiswick, and 

 also at Trentham by the late Mr. Fleming, where it was esteemed, but it is not 

 in general cultivation. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Requires much the same treatment as Royal Muscadine, 

 of which it might be termed a large-bunched coarse variety. 



Plate XI. CHASSELAS MUSQUE. 



(Bunch ; berries natural size.) 



CHARLESWORTH TOKAY. Muscat of Alexandria. 

 CHASSELAS. -Royal Muscadine. 



CHASSELAS DE FLORENCE (21 \ A round white Sweetwater Grape. 

 Season : early. Merits : second-rate. 

 VINE. Growth free and vigorous, the shoots slender, always ripens well ; very 



