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THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



tendency to produce small undeveloped berries. Skin, black or dark 

 purple. Flesh, firm, sweet, sugary, and with a delicate Frontignan 

 flavour. 



A small, very early Black Frontignan, suitable for pots, and which 

 may possibly ripen its fruit against a wall in the open air, but hardly 

 worth planting out in a vinery. 



SCHIRAS (Ciras; Seyms; Sirrah; Sirac). Bunches, long, loose, 

 and shouldered. Berries, large, oval. Skin, thick, reddish purple, 

 covered with blue bloom. Flesh, rather firm and juicy. Juice, pale 

 red, sugary, and with a delicious aroma. Ripens in a cool vinery, and 

 is as early as the Royal Muscadine. 



This fine large oval black grape is that which is grown almost 

 exclusively in the vineyards of the Hermitage, and furnishes the 

 celebrated Hermitage wine. It is said to have been originally intro- 

 duced from Schiraz, in Persia, by one of the hermits who formerly 

 resided there. 



Schiliege. See Black Hamburgh. 

 Schwarzer Riessling. See Black Cluster. 

 Schwarzer Spanischer. See Alicante. 

 Schwarzwiilscher. See Black Hamburgh. 



SCOTCH WHITE CLUSTER (Blacksmiths White Cluster; Laan 

 Hdtif; Van der Laan Precoce ; Diamant ; Diamant Traube}. Bunch, 

 long and cylindrical, compact, and occasionally with a short shoulder. 

 Berries, large and oval, about the size of those of Muscat of Alexandria, 

 and marked with a distinct style-point. Skin, very thin and trans- 

 lucent, showing the veins and seeds, and covered with a very delicate 

 bloom. Berry-stalks, short, stout, with a bold receptacle, and very 

 slightly warted. Flesh, very delicate, and with a fine Sweetwater 

 flavour. 



This is a very early grape, ripening in August in a cool house, and 

 it hangs in fine condition till February, a property that few early white 

 grapes possess. Babo considers Diamant Traube distinct from Van 

 der Laan Precoce, but I suspect they are synonymous. 



Seacliffe Black. See Gros Guillaume. 



Singleton. See Catawba. 



Sir A. Pytches' Black. See Black Prince. 



Sir W. Rowley's Black. See Black Frontignan. 



Snow's Muscat Hamburgh. See Black Muscat of Alexandria. 



Spirant. See Espiran. 



Steward's Black Prince. See Black Prince. 



