EUROPEAN GRAPES DESCRIBED. 171 



HISTORY, ETC. Grown in the collection of the Royal Horticultural Society at 

 Chiswick, having been received from M. Leroy, of Angers. 

 CULTURAL NOTES. Will succeed under ordinary treatment, or in a cool house. 



MILHAUD DU PRADEL. GEillade Noire. 

 MILLER GRAPE. Miller's Burgundy. 



MILLER'S BURGUNDY (9). A round black Sweetwater Grape. 

 Season : early. Merits : very hardy ; excellent for the open wall. 



SYN. Farineux noir, Le Munier, Miller Grape. 



VINE. Growth strong and vigorous, the young shoots ripening freely ; very 

 fruitful, producing three to four bunches on each shoot. Leaves thick and 

 leathery, very downy, almost white ; hence called the Miller Grape. 



FRUIT. Bunches small, short, compact, very thickly and freely set. Berries 

 small, roundish. Skin thin, purplish black, covered with a fine bloom. Flesh 

 dark, juicy, with a sweet pleasant flavour. 



HISTORY, ETC. One of the very oldest of Grapes cultivated in this country ; 

 found by Sir Joseph Banks in the remains of an ancient Vineyard at Tortworth, 

 Gloucestershire. Figured in the Pomological Magazine, II., p. 56, and still to 

 be met with against walls and cottages as an out-door Vine. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Suitable for planting against a warm wall, where, in good 

 seasons, it ripens freely. 



MiLL-HiLL HAMBURGH (10). A round black Sweetwater Grape. 

 Season : general crop ; not adapted for early forcing, or for late 

 keeping. Merits: first-class quality. 



SYN. Champion Hamburgh, Black Champion. 



VINE. Growth very strong, almost gross, the young shoots soft and thick, and 

 frequently not ripening well, so that the Vine often becomes bare of shoots ; shy 

 fruiting ; Leaves very large, pale green, and very early assuming a flaccid, sickly 

 yellow appearance, as if in bad health ; this being a very distinctive characteristic. 



FRUIT. Bunches medium-sized, never very large, broadly shouldered, the 

 stalks very thick and fleshy ; rather thinly and often indifferently set. Berries 

 very large, quite round. Skin thin, almost transparent, reddish black, seldom 

 quite black, with a thin bloom. Flesh very tender, melting, juicy, sweet, rich, 

 and pleasantly flavoured ; superior to the Black Hamburgh. 



HISTORY, ETC. -We have failed to trace the direct origin, or history of this 

 noble Grape. It has been in cultivation in various gardens for many years, and 

 is con fused with the coarse hard-fleshed Dutch Hamburgh, the one very frequently 

 passing for the other. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Eequi res much the same treatment as the Black 

 Hamburgh in regard to temperature, etc., but fruits best when pruued on the 

 long-rod system. The skin being very thin, the berries do not keep long after 

 becoming ripe. 



MRS. PEARSON (61) Plate XIX. A round white Muscat Grape. 

 Season : late late in ripening, keeps well. Merits : quality first- 

 class. 



VINE. Very strong and vigorous in growth, the wood ripening freely ; 

 fruitful. Leaves medium-sized, thick, and leathery, deeply-lobed and toothed, 

 with reddish petioles and venation. 



