EUROPEAN GRAPES DESCRIBED. 151 



FRUIT. Bunches small and thin, but setting freely. Berries small, round. 

 Skin thin, transparent, white. Flesh firm, sweet, and pleasant. 



HISTORY, ETC. A very old sort, apparently a sport from Royal Muscadine, 

 which it resembles in every respect but the deeply cut leaves and somewhat 

 smaller berries. 



CULTURAL NOTES. This Vine is very frequently grown as a purely ornamental 

 variety for the beauty of the foliage. It fruits freely on open walls, and also in 

 cool greenhouses. 



CLIVE HOUSE SEEDLING. Alnwick Seedling. 

 COMMON MUSCADINE. Royal Muscadine. 



COOPER'S BLACK. Greatly resembles Gros Maroc, if it be not 

 identical with that variety. 



CORINTHE NOIB. Black Corinth. 

 CRANFORD MUSCAT. Chasselas Musque. 

 CUMBERLAND LODGE. Black Hamburgh. 

 CURRANT GRAPE. Black Corinth. 



DIAMANT TRAUBE (14). An oval white Sweetwater Grape. Season : 

 early. Merits : first-class. 



VINE. Of strong and robust growth ; fruitful. Leaves large and downy. 



FRUIT. Bunches short, not very large, not well set, stamens deflexed. Berries 

 large, roundisa ovate, of a clear greenish yellow colour. Flesh firm, sweet, and 

 pleasant. 



HISTORY, ETC. Received from M. Leroy, of Angers, many years ago, and 

 grown at Chiswick. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Fruits freely, and ripens in an unheated orchard-house at 

 Chiswick. 



DR. HOGG (59). A round white Muscat Grape. Season: mid- 

 season. Merits : first-class ; one of the best flavoured and best consti- 

 tutioned of the smaller Muscat Grapes ; deserving of cultivation. 



VINE. Growth free and vigorous, producing firm, moderate-sized wood, which 

 always ripens well ; very fruitful. Leaves medium sized. 



FRUIT. Bunches long, measuring from twelve inches to eighteen inches, and 

 tapering to rather a narrow point ; shoulders long and rather loose, drooping, 

 always well set. Berries medium sized, round, on strong stalks. Skin membra- 

 neous, very clear, almost transparent, and when quite ripe, assuming an amber 

 tint. Flesh firm, very sweet, and with a rich Muscat or Frontignan flavour. 



HISTORY, ETC. This is a seedling raised by the late Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell, 

 about 1869, from Duchess of Buccleuch, and was exhibited before the Fruit Com- 

 mittee in 1871, and awarded a First Class Certificate. It is now very general in 

 cultivation, taking the place of Chasselas Musque. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Succeeds well in an ordinary Vinery, but requires a littld 

 more heat than the Black Hamburgh to ripen thoroughly. It is, however, one 

 of the hardiest of its class. 



