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oblate. Skin, thin, amber-coloured, and frequently russety. Flesh, 

 tender and juicy, sweet, and well flavoured. 



An excellent early grape ; succeeds well in a cool vinery, and ripens 

 against a wall in the open air. 



Plant Kiche. See Aramon. 



Pocock's Damascus. See Black Prince. 



Pomeranzentraube. See Grosse Kolner. 



Pommerer. Seo Black Hamburgh. 



Poonah. See West's St. Peters. 



Pope Hamburgh. See Frankenthal. 



Precoce Blanc. See Early Malingre. 



Precoce de Kienzheim. See Early White Malva ia. 



Precoce de Malingre. See Early Malingre. 



Precoce Musquee. See Early Saumur Frontignan. 



PROLIFIC SWEETWATER (Chasselas Imperial Precoce ; Cliasselas 

 de Montauban; Froc de la Boulaye ; Gros Coulard). Bunches, 

 medium sized, cylindrical, loose, and not shouldered. Berries, large 

 and round, uniform in size. Skin, thin, greenish yellow, but pale 

 amber when fully ripe. Flesh, tender, juicy, and sweet, with an 

 excellent flavour. 



This is an excellent early white grape, and sets its fruit much better 

 than the old Sweetwater. It ripens well in a cool vinery, and is 

 well adapted for pot culture. 



Prunellas. See (Eillade. 



PURPLE CONSTANTIA (Black Constantia; Purple Frontignan; 

 Violet Frontignan; Violette Muskateller). Bunches, long and tapering, 

 very much more so than those of Black Frontignan, and with small 

 shoulders. Berries, large and round. Skin, dark purple, covered with 

 thick blue bloom. Flesh, juicy, very richly flavoured, and with a Mus- 

 cat aroma, which is less powerful than in Black Frontignan. 



This is a most delicious grape, and requires to be grown in a warm 

 vinery. The leaves die purple. 



It is the Black or Purple Frontignac of Speedily ; but is very dif- 

 ferent from what is generally cultivated for Black Frontignan, that 

 variety being the Blue or Violet Frontignac of Speechly. 



PURPLE FONTAINBLEAU. I have never seen this grape ; but 

 Mr. Rivers speaks of it as a very hardy variety, ripening against a wall 

 in the open air ; well adapted for pot culture, and a prodigious bearer. 

 The berries are oval, light purple, sweet, and juicy. 



