EUROPEAN GRAPES DESCRIBED. 149 



FRUIT. Bunches long, medium-sized, and well set. Berries small, or below 

 medium size, round. Skin thin, transparent, pale straw, or nearly white ; a 

 great portion of the berries assuming a violet tinge, and others a cinnamon- 

 brown. Flesh firm, sweet, and very pleasant. 



HISTORY. Grown in the Royal Horticultural Society's collection, and received 

 from Messrs. Baumann, of Bolwyller. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Requires the same treatment as the Royal Muscadine in 

 all respects. 



CHASSELAS DE FONTAINEBLEAU. Royal Muscadine. 



CHASSELAS DE FONTAINEBLIJAU ROUSE HATIP. Black Muscadine. 



CHASSELAS DE JERUSALEM. Black Hamburgh. 



CHASSELAS MusQufe (58) Plate XL A round white Muscat Grape. 

 Season : early. Merits : first-rate in quality, but unsatisfactory. 



SYN. -Muscat de Jesu, Chasselas Masque de Nantes, Cranford Mus- 

 cat, Eugenien Frontignan, Josling's St. Albany Muscat Muscadine, 

 Muscat Fleur d Or anger, Muscat Regnier, Muscat Orange du Portugal, 

 Primavis Muscat. 



VINE. Growth moderately free an! robust, the shoots occasionally very 

 strong ; free fruiting. Leaves r.tther small, roundish, or but slightly lobed, 

 ripening off early, of a pale yellow colour. 



FRUIT. Bunches medium sized, tapering, on rather long, but strong foot- 

 stalks, and well shouldered ; generally well set. Berries small, round, pale 

 greenish white, changing to amber, and frequently with a tioge of russet when 

 fully ripe. Skin thin, very subject to crack just as it is approaching maturity, so 

 that before being fully ripe three parts of the. berries have to be cut out, and the 

 bunch is a mere skeleton. Flesh very firm, almost crisp, very rich and sparkling 

 in flavour, and with a strong Muscat aroma. 



HISTORY, ETC. This is an old Grape, which has been long cultivated in this 

 country, and also on the Continent, under a multitude of synonyms. It re- 

 produces itself with tolerable correctness from seed. In 1845, it appeared as- 

 Josling's St. Albans, and was described in the Gardeners' Chronicle; and, 

 subsequently in the Journal of the Horticultural Society, by Mr. R. Thompson, as 

 a new and excellent Grape, greatly superior to the Frontignans, and hence 

 obtained great popularity. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Apart from its liability to crack, this Grape requires no 

 special cultivation. It succeeds well in pots, and ripens well in the ordinary 

 Vinery. To prevent cracking, Mr. Blackmore allows it to fruit on suckers, or 

 quite young wood, and is very successful. It is a Vine that suckers freely. It 

 is also recommended to be grown in a rather poor inside border, so that little 

 water may reach the roots whilst the berries are swelling and ripening. Ringing; 

 and notching the shoots just below the bunch and even the stalks of the bunches 

 themselves -have also been tried by some, but cannot be recommended, as any 

 check to the vigour must intensify the cracking. 



CHASSELAS MUSQUE DE NANTES. Chasselas Musque. 

 CHASSELAS NOIR. Black Muscadine. 

 CHASSELAS PANACHE. Aleppo. 



CHASSELAS ROSE (33). A round red Sweetwater Grape. Season : 

 early. Merits : very desirable to cultivate as a pleasing contrast 

 amongst black and white varieties. 



