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for it a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. It has been 

 much confused with the Gros Damas Noir and Black Morocco, from both of 

 which it is, however, quite distinct. A variety named Cooper's Black greatly 

 resembles Gros Maroc, it' it be not identical. 



Plate XVI. GEOS MAROC. 



(Bunch ^ ; berries natural size.) 



CULTURAL NOTES. This Grape is largely cultivated by Mr. Ward, at Bishop's- 

 Stortford, and by Messrs. Rivers, and is much esteemed for its free-fruiting 

 properties and fine constitution. It always colours freely and well. ItJLs some- 

 what difficult to establish, but, when once it is so, it grows vigorously. 



