KINDS OF FRUITS. S97 



1. White sxveet Water. 



This is tlic best early grape we have. Tlic ber- 

 ries grow close on the bunch, are while, or ratlier 

 of a russet colour when ripe, round, large, and thin 

 skinned ; and are replete with an agreeable sweet- 

 ish juice. An error, too common, prevails, of cut- 

 ting this grape ere it be fully ripe. Hence it is less 

 in repute than it deserves to be. 



2. White Muscadine. 



The berries are of a moderate size, white, round- 

 isli; the skin thin, juicy, and delicate; the bunch 

 v> ell formed, and moderately large. This grape is 

 also frequently cut before it be perfectly matured ; 

 but it is a good fruit, comes in early, and bears 

 abundantly. 



S. Royal Muscadine. 

 This grape nearly answers in description to the 

 preceding, only that the bunches grow much larg- 

 er, and the wood and foliage a good deal stronger. 



4. Black Muscadine. 



The berries of this kind are black, round, and 

 juicy ; the skin is thin, the bunch of a moderate 

 size, and well formed. It is a plentiful bearer in 

 general. 



5. Black Frontinac. 



The berries are round, black, of a moderate size, 

 and of the most exquisite flavour, as all the kinds of 



