404 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Bed Muncy. See Catawba. 



Eed Muscadel. See Morocco. 



Bed Muscadine. See Eed Chassela*. 



Bed Muscat of Alexandria. See Black Muscat of Alexandria. 



Bed Bhenish. See Lomlardy. 



Bed Taurida. See Lombardy. 



BEEVES'S MUSCADINE. Bunches, large, conical, loose, and 

 shouldered. Berries, on long slender stalks, medium sized, roundish 

 oval. Skin, tough and membranous, of a fine amber colour when ripe. 

 Flesh, tender, juicy, and vinous. 



An excellent white grape, which ripens in an ordinary vinery. The 

 leaves die yellow. 



Bheingauer. See White Rissliny. 

 Bichmond Villa. See Black Hamburgh. 

 Biessling. See White Pdssling. 

 Bosslinger. See White Eissling. 

 Bossea. See Barbarossa. 

 Bother Maltheser. See Black Hamburgh. 

 Bother Muskateller. See Pied Frontignan. 



BOYAL ASCOT. Bunches, medium sized, ovate, shouldered, and 

 compact. Berries, medium sized, round oval or oval. Skin, quite black, 

 covered with a fine thick bloom. Berry-stalks, stout and waited. 

 Flesh, firm, juicy, and with a fine sprightly Black Hamburgh flavour. 

 . An excellent early grape, remarkable for its fine colour, which it 

 assumes long before it is ripe. The vine is a great bearer. 



It was raised by Mr. Stand'sh, of Ascot, Berkshire, from Bowoocl Muscat crossed 

 by Troveren, and is remarkable as being the black offspring of two white parent?, 

 both having a Muscat flavour, and that it should be black without any Muscat 

 character. 



BOYAL MUSCADINE (Amber Muscadine; Muscadine; Queen 

 Victoria; White Chasselas; D'Arboyce; Chasselas; Chasselas Dore; 

 Chasselas de Fontainbleau ; Chasselas Hdtif de Teneriffe ; Campanella 

 Bianca; Weisser Gutedel). Bunches, long, loose, and shouldered; 

 sometimes compact and cylindrical. Berries, large, round, and, in the 

 compact bunches, inclining to oval. Skin, thin and transparent, 

 greenish yellow, becoming pale amber when quite ripe, and sometimes 

 marked with tracings and dots of russet ; covered with thin white 

 bloom. Flesh, tender and juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



This excellent and well-known grape ripens well in a cool vinery, 

 and against walls in the open air. The many names it has received 



