EUROPEAN GEAPES DESCRIBED. 



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VINE. Growth very free, moderately robust, the young shoots firm, and 

 always well ripened ; very fruitful. Leaves of moderate size, rugose, deeply 

 toothed, with reddish veins and leaf-stalks, sometimes dying off pale yellow, at 

 other times highly coloured. 



Plate XXVII. WEST'S ST. PETER'S. 

 (Bunch ; berries natural size.) 



FRUIT. Bunches medium-sized, rather loose, broadly shouldered, on strong 

 but very thin wiry foot-stalks ; very freely set. Berries medium-sized, roundish 

 ovate. Skin thin, membraneous, very black, and covered with a fine bloom. 

 Flesh tender, very juicy, sweet, and at all times remarkably fresh and pleasant. 



HISTORY, ETC. Some thirty years ago this fine old Grape was considered the 

 best late variety in cultivation and was extensively planted. At Chatsworth, 

 Frogmore, etc., it is still a leading late Grape. A number of spurious varieties at 



