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warted, and furnished with very large bold receptacles, which are also 

 very coarsely warted. Skin, thick, tough, and membranous, purplish 

 black, with a thin blooin. Flesh, rather firm, sweet and vinous, with 

 a fine Muscat flavour. 



This is a very valuable grape, as, nothwithstanding its great excellence, 

 it ripens in a house without artifical heat, and, unlike the other Muscats, 

 does not require artificial heat to set it. Besides the vine has a re- 

 markably strong and hardy constitution, sets freely, and the fruit hangs 

 as late as any other grape. The great fault of this grape is its tardi- 

 ness, and sometimes its failing to colour well. This, I believe, is due in 

 a great measure to its being grown in too low a temperature, for it really 

 requires more heat than Black Hamburgh, both to colour and to flavour 

 it perfectly. The vine should be allowed to retain as much foliage as 

 possible, and then the defect of want of colour will be obviated. 



This grape was raised from seed by Mrs. Pince, wife of Mr. R. T. Pince, of the 

 Exeter Nursery, shortly before her death, and the vine first fruited in 1863, when 

 it was awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society. 



Mogul. See Morocco. 



Mohrentutten. See Black Hamburyh. 



Money's West's St. Peters. See West's St. Peters. 



Morillon Hiitif. See Black July. 



Morillon Noir. See Black Cluster. 



Morillon Panache. See Aleppo. 



Mornas Chasselas. See Early White Malvasia. 



MOROCCO (Ansley's Large Oval; Black Morocco; Black Muscadel ; 

 Le Cceur ; Hursforth Seedling; Kempsey Alicante; Mogul; lied 

 Muscadel). Bunches, large, loose, and shouldered. Berries, of un- 

 equal size ; some are large and oval. Skin, thick, reddish brown, 

 becoming black when fully ripe ; beginning to colour at the apex, and 

 proceeding gradually towards the stalk, where it is generally paler. 

 Flesh, firm, sweet, but not highly flavoured until it has hung late in the 

 season, when it is very rich, sprightly, and vinous ;. the small berries are 

 generally without seeds, and the large ones have rarely more than one. 



This is a late-keeping grape of the first quality. It is very late, and 

 requires stove heat to ripen it thoroughly. It is perhaps one of the 

 worst to set its fruit ; and to secure anything like a crop, it is necessary 

 to impregnate the ovaries when the vine is in bloom, by passing the 

 hand occasionally down the bunch. The effect of this is explained 

 under Muscat of Alexandria. The leaves die bright yellow. 



It is called Horsforth Seedling from having been well grown by Appleby, the 

 gardener at Horsforth Hall, near Leeds, and therefore being looked upon as a new 

 varietv. The same thing occurred some years later, when it was well grown by 

 Cox, the gardener at Kempsey House, Worcester, and it was shown as a new 

 variety under tlie name of Kempsey Alicante. 



