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Ilambiirgli, but rather loose ; berries large, black, flavor 

 good ; useful as a late grape. 



EsPERio.\E. (syn. Cumberland Lodge — Blue Windsor.) 

 —Bunches large shouldered ; berries medium size, black 

 with fine bloom ; pretty, but second rate. 



Pkixce Albert, (syn. Royal Albert.) — Bunches large, 

 heavy shouldered, and tapering ; berries medium size 

 round, black ; flesh solid, sweet and sprightly. This is a 

 very strong groAver, and shy bearer, except in poor soil, 

 otherwise it is a first-rate late sort. We are inclined to 

 think that the Black Barbarossawill prove the same as this. 



Black Morocco, (syn. Black Mvscadel.) — Bunches large 

 and heavy shouldered ; berries large, ovoid, brownish 

 black when fully ripe, flesh solid and only second quality; 

 a very late grape, and with fire-heat tolerably good. 



Purple Frontignan. (syn. Purple Cons' anlia — Blue 

 Frcntignan — Voilet Frontignan.) — Bunches long and 

 tapering with small shoulders ; berries medium size, blue 

 hlack, flavor slightly musky, and agreeable. This grape 

 and the true Black Frontignan are so generally mixed up 

 in difierent collections, as to frequently lead to disputes 

 in their individual identity ; our own observation inclines 

 to distinctness of the two sorts, the black scarcely ever 

 colors further than a brownish jet ; while the purple 

 assumes a true bluish-black, even with ordinary culture. 

 The former has also a stronger musky flavor, and will 

 hang until they become raisins. 



Oldaker's St. Peters, (syn. Black St. Peters — 

 Black Palestine.) — Bunches somewhat like Hamburgh, but 

 loose, berries rather large, round, black ; flavor sweet ; a 

 good late grape *but not a very free bearer. 



WHITE AND AMBER COLORED. 

 Chasselas de Fontainebleau. (syn. Chasselas pre- 

 voce — White Chasselas — Royal Chasselas — Chassclat de 



