4io Foreign Grapes. 



Golden Hamburgh. Bunches large, shouldered ; berries large, 

 oval, pale yellow ; skin thin ; flesh tender, rich, vinous, showy. 

 Ripens with Black Hamburgh. A fine new white grape. 



Musk Chasselas. Bunches medium, loose ; berries medium, round, 

 yellowish white ; juicy, very rich, musky. Liable to crack. 



Pitmaston White Cluster. Bunches small, compact, shouldered ; 

 berries large, round, amber colored, sometimes with a little faint 

 russet when fully ripe ; skin thin, flesh tender, juicy, rich, of fine 

 flavor. Open air, cold or forcing house. A seedling from Black 

 Cluster. Very early and good. 



ROYAL MUSCADINE. (Chasselas, White Chasselas, Early White 

 Teneriffe, Chasselas de Fontainebleau, White Muscadine of 

 some.) Bunches large, long, sometimes shouldered ; berries 

 rather large, round, greenish, becoming a golden amber ; skin 

 thin, flesh tender, rich, delicious. Does not hang well cracks 

 some seasons. Distinguished from Sweetwater by its larger ber- 

 ries and stronger growth of shoots. 



Chasselas de Bar Sur Aube much resembles the Royal Muscadine, 

 but is earlier, and rather superior in flavor ; the bunches, under 

 good cultivation, are often ten or twelve inches long, usually not 

 shouldered ; very productive. For forcing or cold house. 

 Golden Chasselas is earlier the bunch sets badly. 



Syrian. Bunches enormously large have weighed 19 Ibs., being 

 22 inches long and 19 broad irregular, shouldered ; berries 

 large, oval, tawny yellow ; skin thick, flesh firm, solid, mode- 

 rately juicy and sweet, not rich. Late ; needs fire-heat; hangs 

 well. Wood and foliage large. Supposed to be the grape of 

 Eshcol, mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. 



WHITE FRONTIGNAN. (Muscat Blanc, White Constantia.) 

 Bunches medium in size or long, sometimes shouldered, usually 

 not, rather dense ; berries medium or large, round, dull white or 

 yellow, when well ripened a beautiful amber, bloom thin, skin 

 thin; tender, rich, perfumed one of the best Muscat grapes. 

 Productive in a vinery, adapted to a cold, forcing, or late house 

 requires a dry situation ; on a wet soil not worth cultivating. 

 Ten days later than Hamburgh. 



White Hamburgh. (White Lisbon, White Portugal, White 

 Raisin.) Bunches large, loose ; berries large, oval ; skin thick, 

 greenish white ; flesh with a slight Muscat, rather poor flavor. 

 The famous Portugal grape of commerce. 



WHITE MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA. (Jerusalem Muscat, Malaga, 

 Frontignac of Alexandria, Passe Musque'.) Bunches very large, 

 9 to 12 inches long, loose, irregular, do not set well ; berries very 



