EUROPEAN GRAPES DESCRIBED. 



TERRE DE LA PROMISE. Syrian. 



TOTTENHAM PARK MUSCAT. Muscat of Alexandria. 



TREBBIANO (84). Plate XXVI. An oral white Vinous Grape. 

 Season : late. Merits : second-rate in quality, but valuable for its 

 handsome appearance and late-keeping properties. 



VINE. Growth remarkably strong and robust, the young shoots being very 

 thick, almost gross, but ripening freely ; they are generally coated with down 

 around the buds, which are large and prominent ; moderately fruitful. Leaves 

 large, soft and much covered on the under surface with thick down ; deeply 

 toothed, dying off pale yellow. 



FRUIT. Bunches of the very largest size, with broad, strong shoulders, and 

 thick stalks, compact, and always well set. Berries medium-sized, roundish- 

 ovate, on stout foot-stalks. Skin greenish yellow, changing to pale amber when 

 well ripened, tough and thick. Flesh firm, yet juicy, sweet, and pleasant, but 

 lacking richness, excepting when very highly ripened. 



HISTORY, ETC. The origin or introduction of this well-known Grape is 

 unknown to us. It is largely grown for late work. Some of the finest examples 

 we remember to have seen were grown by the late Mr. Drewett, when gardener 

 to Mrs. Hope, at The Denbies, Dorking, Surrey ; hence it was by some termed 

 the Denbies Trebbiano. Mr. Curror, of Eskbank, exhibited at Edinburgh in 

 1875 a bunch of this Grape weighing twenty-six pounds four ounces, which is the 

 largest bunch of Grapes on record. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Being of strong growth, this Grape requires considerable 

 space to develope properly ; and, although it fruits freely along with Black 

 Hamburgh, it well repays treatment similar to Muscats. Mr. Gilbert, of 

 Burghley, who is one of the best cultivators of the Trebbiano we know, gives 

 plenty of time and plenty of heat to ripen it thoroughly, when the berries keep- 

 sound until March and April, and are then very rich. 



TRENTHAM BLACK (5). An oval, black Sweetwater Grape. Season : 

 mid-season, or for immediate use after ripening. Merits : in quality 

 first-class, but so uncertain as to be scarcely worth growing. 



SYN. Fleming's Prince, Long Noir d'Espagw. 



FRUIT. Growth strong and free, the shoots rather long-jointed; moderately 

 fruitful. Leaves large, deep green, with reddish stalks, rugose, very deeply lobed 

 and toothed, dying off reddish. 



FRUIT. Bunches long, loose or straggling, broadly shouldered, nearly always 

 badly set. Berries large, long ovate, on stout stalks. Skin thin, densely black, 

 and covered with a thick, remarkably beautiful bloom. Flesh extremely delicate^ 

 juicy, rich and sweet. A Grape of excellent flavour. 



HISTORY, ETC. The late Mr. Fleming, of Trentham, was the first to direct 

 attention to this Grape. He exhibited it, in the first instance, to the Horticul- 

 tural Society as Fleming's Prince t which name was subsequently altered to 

 Trentham Black. M. Leroy, of Angers, sent it to the Horticultural Society, 

 Chiswick, as Long Noir d'Espagne. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Will succeed and ripen very well under the same conditions 

 as the Black Hamburgh, but requires great care in setting. The berries are 

 also somewhat liable to crack and decay. 



TRIPOLI. Black Hamburgh. 

 TROLLINGER. Frankenthal. 



