398 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



MOROCCO PRINCE. Bunches, medium size or large, of an ovate 

 shape, well set, and shouldered. Berries, oval, well set. Skin, tough 

 and membranous, quite black, and covered with thin bloom. Flesh, 

 rather firm and crackling, adhering to the skin, with a fine, brisk, 

 vinous flavour. 



This is an excellent late grape, and hangs till March, but the vine is 

 not a good bearer. The leaves die purple. 



This was received by the Royal Horticultural Society some years ago, as a cross 

 between Morocco and Black Prince, and hence it was called Morocco Prince. 



Moscatel Commun. See White Frontignan. 

 Moscatel Gordo Blanco. See Muscat of Alexandria. 

 Moscatel Menudo. See Tied Frontignan. 



MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA (Alexandrian Frontir/nan ; Bowood 

 Muscat; Charlesivorth Tokay; Malaga; Muscat Escholata; Muscat 

 Grec; Muscat of Jerusalem; Muscat of Lunel; Muscat Romain; 

 Moscatel Gordo Blanco; Pause Musquee ; Passe M usque ; Tottenham 

 Park Muscat; Tynninghame Muscat; Uva Salamana]. Bunches, large, 

 long, loose, and shouldered ; stalk, long. Berries, large, oval, unequal 

 in size, and with long, slender, warted stalks. Skin, thick, generally 

 greenish yellow, but when highly ripened a fine pale amber colour, and 

 covered with thin white bloom. Flesh, firm and breaking, not very 

 juicy, but exceedingly sweet and rich, with a fine Muscat flavour. 



A well-known and most delicious grape, requiring a high temperature 

 to ripen it thoroughly ; but it may be sufficiently ripened in a warm 

 vinery, provided it has a high temperature at the time of flowering and 

 while the fruit is setting. The vine is an abundant bearer, but the 

 bunches set badly. To remedy this defect, a very good plan is to draw 

 the hand down the bunches when they are in bloom, so as to distribute 

 the pollen, and thereby aid fertilisation. The cause of this defective 

 fertilisation is the tendency of the stigma to exude a globule of liquid, 

 which so effectually protects the stigmatic tissue from the influence of 

 the pollen that the ovary is not fertilised. Passing the hand over the 

 bunch, or otherwise agitating it so as to remove moisture, permits the 

 pollen to come in contact with the stigma. The leaves die pule sulphur 

 mottled with brown. 



It is this grape which furnishes the Muscatel raisins, imported in boxes from 

 Spain. It was called Muscat Escholata by Daniel Money, a nurseryman and vine 

 grower at Haverstock Hill, on the road to Hampstead, from his having named his 

 j'lace "Eschol Place," in allusion to the brook Eschol, where the Israelite spies got 

 the large bunch of grapes. The names Bowood Muscat, Tottenham Park Muscat, 

 and Tynninghame Muscat arose from seedlings having been raised at these places, 

 which have eventually proved to be merely seminal reproductions of the old 

 variety. 



Muscat d'Aout. See August Frontignan. 

 Muscat Bifere. See Early Silver Frontignan. 



