182 VINES AND VINE CULTURE. 



FRUIT. Bunches small, short, , cylindrical ; well set. Berries small, round. 

 Skin thick, greenish yellow. Flesh peculiarly dry, yet tender and very sweet, 

 with a strong Muscat flavour. 



HISTORY, ETC. Received from M. Leroy, of Angers, and fruited at Chiswick. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Excellent for pot-culture in orchard- houses, and ripens- 

 freely on the open wall in ordinary seasons. 



PARSLEY-LEAVED, Ciotat. 



PATRAS CURRANT. Black Corinth. 



PENNINGTON HALL HAMBURGH. Gros Guillaume. 



PASSE MUSCAT. Muscat of Hamburgh. 



PLANTRICHE. Aramon. 



POCOCK'S DAMASCUS. Black Prince. 



POPE'S HAMBURGH. Black Hamburgh. 



PRIMAVIS MUSCAT. Chasselas Musque. 



PROLIFIC SWEETWATER (28). A round white Sweetwater Grape. 

 Season : early. Merits : first-class . A great improvement on the* 

 old Sweetwater, sets more freely. 



SYN. Gros Coulard. 



VINE. Growth moderately robust, with fine, free constitution ; fruitful. 

 Leaves roundish, much toothed, dying off yellow. 



FRUIT. Bunches small, somewhat loose and irregular, thinly set. Berries 

 medium-sized, round. Skin very clear and transparent, greenish white. Flesh 

 very tender, juicy, rich, and pleasant. 



HISTORY, ETC. Our first acquaintance with this Grape was in the collection 

 of Messrs. Rivers. It has also fruited at Chiswick. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Excellent for pot-culture, and succeeds well in a cool 

 orchard-house. 



QUEEN VICTORIA. Royal Muscadine. 



KAISIN DE CALABRE (88) Plate XXIII. A round white Vinous- 

 Grape. Season : late, will hang fresh until March. Merits : third- 

 rate in quality, but keeps remarkably well. 



SYN. Caldbrian Raisin. 



VINE. Growth very free and vigorous, with fine constitution, the young 

 shoots being moderately strong, somewhat long-jointed, and with clean, pale 

 bark ; very fruitful. Leaves medium size, rather deeply toothed, dying off a 

 very pale yellow and falling very early. 



FRUIT. Bunches from twelve to twenty inches long, somewhat loose, tapering, 

 on long woody stalks, slightly shouldered. Berries medium size, quite round, 

 freely set, but never crowded, on very strong foot-stalks, which, on pulling the 

 berry off, retain a portion of the flesh. Skin whitish, almost transparent, 

 showing the seeds through. Flesh thick and firm, with a sweet but by no- 

 means a rich flavour. 



