EUROPEAN GRAPES DESCRIBED. 193 



CULTURAL NOTES. Requires to be grown in a warm house, with considerable 

 heat to ripen the berries, to have it in good condition. It is not much cultivated. 



WHITE LISBON (86). An oval, white Vinous Grape. Season : late, 

 improves by keeping. Merits : third-rate. 



SYN. White Portugal, White Raisin. 



VINE. Remarkably strong and vigorous in constitution ; very fruitful. 



FRUIT. Bunches large, long, somewhat loose ; setting freely. Berries large, 

 ovate. Skin thick, greenish white. Flesh firm, moderately juicy and sweet, but 

 with no special character. 



HISTORY, ETC. This is the white Grape sold in grocers' shops during the 

 winter. It has been very little grown in this country, but has fruited several 

 times at Chiswick. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Requires treatment similar to the Black Hamburgh to 

 ripen its fruit properly. Keeps well after ripening. 



WHITE MUSCADINE. Royal Muscadine. 



WHITE NICE (91). A round white Vinous Grape. Season : late ; 

 improves by keeping. Merits : second-rate. 



VINE. Growth remarkably vigorous, producing strong thick wood ; moderately 

 fruitful. Leaves very large, deeply toothed, very downy on the under side. 



FRUIT. Bunches very large, loose and straggling, with long, thin shoulders ; 

 setting freely. Berries medium- sized, round. Skin thin, membraneous, pale 

 greenish white. Flesh moderately firm, juicy, sweet and pleasant to the taste 

 when well ripened, but by no means rich. 



HISTORY, ETC. This is a very old Grape, the name appearing in all the old 

 lists ; it is, however, not now cultivated to any extent. There is some confusion 

 between this White Nice and the Syrian, although they are quite distinct. The 

 late Mr. Fowler, of Castle Kennedy, is reported to have exhibited a bunch 

 weighing seventeen pounds two ounces ; and Mr. Dickson, of Arkleton, other 

 clusters weighing respectively eighteen pounds seven ounces, nineteen pounds five 

 ounces, and twenty-five pounds fifteen ounces. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Requires treatment similar to that of the Black Hamburgh, 

 but takes longer to ripen. Keeps well. 



WHITE PORTUGAL. White Lisbon. 



WHITE RAISIN. White Lisbon. 



WHITE SWEETWATER. Royal Muscadine. 



WHITE TOKAY (87). Plate XXVIIL An oval white Vinous 

 Grape. Season : late. Merits : a first-class late white Grape, very 

 worthy of cultivation. 



VINE. Growth remarkably strong and vigorous, with a fine free constitution, 

 the young shoots very strong and always ripening well ; very free-fruiting. 

 Leaves large, deeply toothed. 



FRUIT. Bunches above medium size, regularly formed, on strong foot-stalks, 

 having strong shoulders, compact ; always freely set. Berries large, ovate. 

 Skin thick, greenish white, showing the venation, becoming pale amber when 

 fully ripe. Flesh firm, yet tender and juicy, with a sweet, pleasant, or some- 

 times rich flavour. 



