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VINES AND VINE CULTURE. 



freely and well. Good for pot-culture, and for growing in an ordinary Vinery, 

 where it ripens a fortnight before the Black Hamburgh, 



ROYAL VINEYARD (82). An oval white Vinous Grape. Season : 

 late ; hangs and keeps remarkably well. Merits : third-class. 



Plate XXV. ROYAL MUSCADINE. 

 (Bunch J ; berries natural size.) 



very strong and robust ; moderately fruitful. Leaves large, 

 dying off yellow. 



FRUIT. Bunches large, long, tapering, but irregular, loosely shouldered; 

 generally sets badly. Berries medium, roundish ovate. Skin thin, membraneous, 

 clear and transparent, adhering somewhat to the flesh. Flesh firm, dull 

 greenish, moderately juicy, with an agreeable, sweetish flavour ; and, when 

 highly ripened, partaking slightly of the Muscat. 



HISTORY, ETC. Introduced by Messrs. Parker and "Williams, about 1860, and 

 received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. Not 

 much cultivated. 



