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SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 



Red Grape. Large, dark red ; bunch compact, long, 

 slightly tapering; foliage medium, not shining, as with 

 Red Dutch ; moderately vigorous, and of a rather stocky 

 growth. 



Red Provence. Small, dark red ; bunches long; very 

 acid, liable to rot before ripening, 

 qufte late, altogether inferior ; the 

 young shoots red. A very ram- 

 pant, coarse grower. 



Striped Fruited. ( Grosse Weiss- 

 und Rothgestreifte JoJiannisbeere.} 

 An old variety, with fruit same as 

 Gloire des Sablons, but the plant 

 a short, stocky grower ; the termi- 

 nal buds on the young shoots quite 

 conspicuous. Of no value. 



Transparent White. Claimed 

 to be a seedling of White Grape, 

 but, if so, it has assumed all the 

 characteristics of its parent, and I 

 am unable to see any difference. 



Versailles, See page 205. 



Victoria, (May's Victoria, 

 Houghion Castle, Raby Castle, 

 Goliath, Wilmotfs Red Grape, and 

 Red Grape of some nurseries.) 

 Large, light, bright red ; buncli 

 (figure 90) very long, often six or 

 seven inches, tapering ; ' sprightly 

 acid, good flavor ; leaves medium, 

 rather thin ; lobes long ; serratures 

 rounded, or with a short point ; 

 young branches rather slender, although rigorous, spread- 

 ing ; very productive. A valuable variety for homo use. 



Fig. 90. VICTORIA. 



