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requiring a long season and plenty of heat to ripen 

 it perfectly; then it will keep until March and April. 

 Bunches of about 12 inches in length and 9 or 

 10 inches in breadth are the most useful, allowing 

 the growths plenty of space, and not spurring too 

 closely. It does not succeed well in an ordinary 

 vinery, seldom having more than greenish-white 

 berries, with a delicate bloom, and not character- 

 istic in flavour. 



WHITE NICE. Bunches very large, with long shoulders, 

 loose, setting freely ; berries medium sized, 

 round ; skin thin, tough, membranous, greenish 

 white, becoming pale amber when thoroughly 

 ripe ; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly 

 flavoured ; leaves large, downy on the under side, 

 deeply serrated ; growth vigorous, ripening well 



and fruiting moderately. It is a showy grape, 

 ripening (only later) in a house with Hamburghs, 

 and remaining firm a considerable time. It re- 

 quires ample space, and long pruning. 

 WHITE TOKAY. Bunches rather large, 9 to 12 inches 

 long, shouldered, compact, free setting ; berries 

 large, ovate ; skin rather thick, greenish white, 

 pale amber when thoroughly ripe ; flesh firm, 

 melting, and juicy, sweet and well flavoured ; 

 leaves large, deeply serrated ; growth vigorous, 

 ripening well, and fruiting freely. It is an old and 

 fine late grape, but to keep well requires thorough 

 ripening and a rather warm dry atmosphere, other- 

 wise, like white Muscats, it falls a prey to spot. It 

 succeeds in a mid-season house, ripening some 

 little time after the Black Hamburgh. 



FOR WALLS. 

 Black varieties. 



* Black July 

 Black Prince. 

 Black Hamburgh. 



White varieties. 



* Chasselas Vibert. 

 Royal Muscadine. 



Early Smyrna Frontignan. 



* Two best. 



FOR UNHEATED HOUSES. 



(Except in cold districts.) 



Black varieties. 

 Black Prince. 

 Black Hamburgh. 

 Madresfield Court. 



White varieties. 

 Chasselas Vibert. 

 Early Smyrna Frontignan. 

 Foster's Seedling. 



FOR A GREENHOUSE. 



Black varieties. 

 Black Hamburgh. 

 Madresfield Court. 

 Gros Maroc. 



White varieties. 

 Chasselas Vibert. 

 Buckland's Sweetwater. 

 Foster's Seedling. 



FOR A MIXED VINERY. 



Black varieties. 

 Black Hamburgh. 

 Madresfield Court. 

 Alicante. 

 Lady Dowue's. 



SELECTIONS. 



White varieties. 

 Buckland's Sweetwater. 

 Foster's Seedling. 

 Muscat of Alexandria. 

 White Tokay. 



FOR EARLY HOUSES. 



Black varieties. 

 Black Hamburgh. 

 Madresfield Court. 



IVhite varieties. 

 White Frontignan. 

 Foster's Seedling. 



FOR MID- SEASON HOUSES. 



Black varieties. 

 Black Hamburgh. 

 Mill Hill Hamburgh. 

 Madresfield Court 

 Meurthe Frontignan. 

 Gros Maroc. 



Wliite varieties. 

 Buckland's Sweetwater. 

 Duke of Buccleuch. 

 Foster's Seedling. 

 Dr. Hogg. 



FOR LATE HOUSES. 



Black varieties. 

 Alicante. 

 Gros Colman. 

 West's St. Peters. 

 Alnwick Seedling. 

 Mrs. Pince. 

 Lady Downe's. 



White varieties. 

 Muscat of Alexandria. 

 White Tokay. 

 Mrs. Pearson. 

 Trebbiano. 

 Calabrian Raisin. 



FOR GENERAL USEFULNESS. 



Early or mid-season varieties. 

 Black Hamburgh. 

 Foster's Seedling. 

 Madresfield Court. 



Late varieties. 

 Alicante. 

 Gros Colman. 

 Lady Downe's. 



Muscat of Alexandria is not in- 

 cluded, because it requires special 

 treatment, whether grown for an 

 early, mid-season, or late supply of 

 fruit. 



FOR HIGHEST QUALITY. 

 Muscat of Alexandria. 

 Dr. Hogg. 



FOR LARGEST BERRIES. 



Black varieties. 

 Mill Hill Hamburgh. 

 Gros Colman. 



White varieties. 

 Duke of Buccleuch. 

 Canon Hall Muscat. 



