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of Muscat when well ripened, but generally very deficient in flavour. A very 

 handsome Grape when well grown, rivalling in appearance the Muscat of 

 Alexandria. 



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

 Alicante, crossed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It received a First Class Certificate 

 from the Eoyal Horticultural Society in 1873. 



GRIZZLY FRONTIGNAN (65). A round, red, or tawny Muscat Grape. 

 Season : mid-season. Merits : first-rate in quality, but rather small, 

 and so uncertain as to be scarcely worthy of cultivation. 



STN. Muscat Gris, Muscat Rouge, Red Frontignan. 



VINE. Growth moderately strong, free, and ripening freely ; very fruitful. 

 Leaves medium sized, deeply toothed, dying off yellow. 



FRUIT. Bunches medium-sized, rather long, somewhat cylindrical in shape, 

 but occasionally shouldered ; generally well set. Berries below medium size, 

 round. Skin thin, membraneous, of a dull red or tawny colour on the side most 

 exposed and paler on the shaded side ; generally covered with a thin bloom. Flesh 

 very firm, with a very rich, pleasant, and decided musky flavour. When kept 

 hanging on the Vine after being ripe, the fruit is very apt to shrivel, but is then 

 exceedingly rich and excellent. 



HISTORY, ETC. This is one of the oldest of our English Grapes, having been 

 introduced by Sir William Temple in the year 1654, and was formerly cultivated 

 in every collection, but is now seldom met with. 



CULTURAL NOTES. The great fault of this Grape has always been its 

 tendency to shank. It grows freely, fruits and sets freely, and promises well 

 till it approaches maturity, when it almost invariably shanks. Kequires a 

 warm Vinery to ripen it thoroughly. 



GROMIER DU CANTAL (35). A round, red, or tawny Sweetwater 

 Grape. Season: early. Merits: second-rate; a very distinct charac- 

 teristic variety, but scarcely worth cultivation. 



VINE. Growth very robust and strong, shoots gross, but ripening tolerably 

 well ; moderately fruitful. Leaves very large, deeply toothed, dying off yellow. 



FRUIT. Bunches large, very broadly shouldered, moderately well set; stalks 

 thick and fleshy. Berries large, nearly three inches in circumference, having the 

 appearance cf a cross between Black Hamburgh and Sweetwater, round, or nearly 

 so, on very stout, fleshy stalks. Skin thin, pale greenish yellow on the shaded 

 side, splashed and dotted with dull red and brown and occasionally pink on the 

 exposed sides. Flesh thin, very juicy, with a pleasant Sweetwater flavour. 



HISTORY, ETC. This Grape was sent to the Horticultural Society from Paris, 

 and was, about thirty-five years ago, grown in the Society's Gardens at 

 Chiswick, and at Trentham about the same period ; but it is not now to be met 

 with at either of these places, so far as we are aware. It has somehow become 

 confused with De Candolle, from which, however, it is quite distinct, being twice 

 as large in the berry, but not producing so large a bunch. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Will succeed in any house that is suitable for Black 

 Hamburgh. It is liable to shanking, and so much so at times that the bunches 

 are reduced to mere skeletons. 



GROS BLEU. Black Hamburgh. 



GROS COLMAN (79) Plate XIV. A round black Vinous Grape. 

 Season : late. Merits : very handsome in appearance, and vain- 



