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17. *BLACK HAMBURG. 



WARNER'S BLACK HAMBURG, according to Lindley. 



RED HAMBURG. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



The bunches are large, well-shouldered, and compact , 

 their breadth is nearly equal to the depth ; the berries large, 

 oval, of a deep purple color, or nearly black, and covered 

 with a blue bloom ; the flesh is tender, saccharine, and of 

 excellent flavor. A very productive and excellent variety ; 

 a great favorite at Boston, and much cultivated in their 

 grape-houses. In favorable seasons and situations, it ripens 

 at that place in open culture. The wood of this variety is 

 strong and luxuriant; the clusters of fruit are beautiful, 

 and sometimes weigh two pounds. 



18. BLACK LOMBARDY. London's Mag. Lind- 

 ley. For. 



WEST'S ST. PETER'S. Lindley. 



The wood is short-jointed ; the bunches are long and 

 large-shouldered ; the berries are large, round, black at 

 maturity ; the skin is thin ; the pulp juicy and high-flavored. 



19. *BLACK PRINCE. Neill. Hort. Trans. 

 LISBON, or PORTUGAL, according to some. 

 CAMBRIDGE BOTANIC GARDEN GRAPE of some catalogues. 



The leaves are broad, deeply-lobed, widely-serrated, 

 their long footstalks tinged with red ; the bunches are 

 very long, sometimes, but rarely, shouldered ; the berries 

 are oval, dark purple, and covered thick with blue bloom ; 

 the flesh is pale, juicy, sweet, and well-flavored ; each usu- 

 ally containing five seeds. This excellent grape, it is 

 stated, sometimes ripens even on the open walls in the 

 south of England; the bunches have sometimes weighed a 

 pound and a half. 



20. BLACK RAISIN GRAPE. Lindley. For. 

 The bunches are large, long ; the largest are shouldered ; 



the berries are large, black, of an oval form ; the skin is 

 thick ; the flesh is firm, juicy, and very high-flavored. The 

 wood is long-jointed. 



21. BLACK ST. PETER'S. 



BLACK GR&.pE,from Palestine. Speedily. 

 The bunches are large, long, sometimes shouldered ; 

 they resemble the Black Hamburg, but are longer ; the 

 berries are large, roundish oval, of a black color, and thin 

 skin ; very juicy, delicate, and fine-flavored. Near Boston, 

 this grape is seldom cultivated, except under glass. 



