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of the bunch, precisely 8 feet. Its weight when first cut is said to have been 26 

 pounds 8 ounces. This (Fig. 73) is the largest bunch known, and the berries were 



Fig. 73. BUNCH OF WHITE NICE GRAPES. Weight : 26 pounds 8 ounces. 

 (From The Journal of Horticulture.) 



of full size through having been thinned. The Eskbank bunch was not thinned to the 

 same extent, if at all, but the berries were crushed together in a dense, compact mass. 



VARIETIES. 



Though many varieties of grapes have been introduced, and several seedlings raised, 

 comparatively few are generally cultivated in this country, and the tendency of growers 

 points to still greater limitation so as to utilise the means to the best advantage. Grapes, 



