GRAPES. 385 



medium sized. Berries, about medium size, round. Skin, quite 

 black, covered with a thin bloom. Flesh, tender and juicy, and 

 sweeter than the Hamburgh, to which it has some resemblance in 

 flavour. 



This ripens fully a month before the Black Hamburgh in the same 

 house and position, and is an excellent early black grape. 



Early Black. See Black Cluster. 



EARLY BLACK FROXTIGNANp/uscai Precoce d'Aout). Berries, 

 below medium size, and round. Skin, black. Flesh, rich and juicy, 

 with a rich Frontignan flavour. 



A small and insignificant grape, the only merit of which is its 

 earliness. 



The vine is more robust in its habit than the August Muscat, and 

 the fruit ripens against a wall. 



This is one of the seedlings of the late M. Vibert, of Angers. 



EARLY CHASSELAS (Chasselas Hdtif; Chasselas de Bar-sur- 

 Aube ; Krach Gutedel). This is very similar to the Royal Muscadine 

 in general appearance, and has, therefore, been frequently confounded 

 with it ; but it is a very distinct variety when obtained true, and 

 is readily known by its very firm crackling flesh, which is richly 

 flavoured. 



The vine may be distinguished by its small quantity of foliage, which 

 is somewhat hairy, and by the leaf-stalk being frequently warted. 



EARLY GREEN MADEIRA (Vert Precoce de Madere). Bunches, 

 of good size, cylindrical, slightly compact. Berries, medium sized, 

 oval. Skin, of a green colour, which it retains till its perfect maturity, 

 when it becomes a little clearer, but still preserving the green tinge. 

 Flesh, with a rich and sugary flavour. 



This is one of the earliest grapes, and ripens in a cool vinery from 

 the beginning to the middle of August. It will also succeed against a 

 wall in the open air ; but, of course, is not then so early. It bears 

 considerable resemblance to the Verdelho, but is said to be earlier than 

 that variety. I have not been able to examine the two growing under 

 the same circumstances. 



Early Kienzheim. See Early White Malvasia. 

 Early Leipzic. See Early White Malvasia. 



EARLY MALINGRE (Madeleine Blanche de Malingre ; Malinyre ; 

 Precoce de Malinyre ; Precoce Blanc). Bunches, of pretty good size, 

 but loose and badly set. Berries, very small, round, inclining to oval. 

 Skin, white. Flesh, rather richly flavoured, juicy, and sugary. 



One of the earliest grapes, ripening in a cool vinery in the beginning 

 of August ; and in the open air, against a wall, it is the earliest white 

 grape. The vine forms a handsome bush, and is well suited for pot 



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