252 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



22. MILLER'S BURGUNDY. 



LIE MEUNIER, MORILLON JACON.NE. 



The bunches are short and compact; the berries small, 

 round, black, and covered with blue bloom ; the flesh is 

 tender, juicy, very sweet, and good-flavored ; the under 

 surface of the leaves is covered with hoary down, like meal ; 

 hence the name of Miller's Grape. One of the hardiest 

 varieties, and extensively cultivated in Burgundy for wine. 



23. *CONSTANTIA. 



The wood of this variety is large ; the leaves rough and 

 downy ; the bunches are of good size ; the berries are 

 round, of a purple color, and of a most delicious, sweet 

 flavor. The fruit ripens well in the open air in our climate, 

 but only in highly-sheltered situations. The berries con- 

 tain but two seeds, and sometimes but one. This grape 

 was imported by S. G. Perkins, Esq., from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and is supposed to be one of the most valu- 

 able in the country, and remarkably productive. 



24. *ESPERIONE. Hort. Trans. Vol. in. p. 93. 

 . TURNER'S BLACK. Hort. Cat. 



The bunches are large, the size of the Black Hamburg, 

 shouldered, pretty compact; the berries are round, or 

 flattened at the head, of a deep blue or black color, and 

 covered with bloom ; the flesh adheres to the skin, and, 

 though neither melting nor high-flavored, is pleasant. The 

 Esperione is productive to an extraordinary degree, very 

 hardy, very early, equally so with the Sweetwater and 

 Muscadine ; and in unfavorable seasons, has a decisive ad- 

 vantage over these varieties. 



25. FRANKENTHAL. Lindley. 

 FRANKENDALE. 



The bunches are large and well-shouldered; they some- 

 what resemble the Black Hamburg; the berries are oval, 

 flattened at the head, indented at the side, of a purple or 

 black color, covered with blue bloom ; the flesh is tender, 

 juicy, rich, sweet, and of excellent flavor. 



26. GROS GUILLAUME. N. Duh. 



The bunches very large and compact ; the berries are 

 large, oval, black, and covered with azure bloom; the 

 skin is thick ; the flesh green, melting; the juice abundant, 

 and without color, pleasant, and sweet. They have gener- 

 ally three small seeds. It produces abundantly, ripening 

 the middle of September. In good years it ripens well on 



