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sionally prey on the young shoots, are easily kept down by 

 syringing the parts affected, with a solution of whale oil soap. 



VARIETIES. There are in the catalogues a vast number of 

 names of grapes, many of which belong to the same fruit. But 

 there are really only twenty or thirty varieties which are at all 

 worthy of cultivation in gardens. Indeed, the most experienced 

 gardeners are satisfied with half a dozen of the best sorts for 

 their vineries, and the sorts universally admired are the Black 

 Hamburgh, Black Prince, White Muscadine, and Muscat of 

 Alexandria. We will describe all the finest foreign grapes 

 that have been introduced, and for the sake of simplifying their 

 arrangement, shall divide them into three classes ; 1st, those 

 with dark red, purple or black berries ; 2d, those with white or 

 yellow berries ; 3d, those with light red, rose-coloured, gray, or 

 striped berries. 



Class I. Grapes with dark red, purple, or black berries. 



1. BLACK CLUSTER. Thomp. 



Black Morillon. Lind. Morillon noir. "| 



Auverne. ") Franc Pineau. ,. , 



Auverna. I TIT-//^ Auvernas Rouge. V w 



Pineau. )-MMer. Vrai Auvernas 



True Burgundy. J Raisin de Bourguigne.J 



Small Black Cluster. Speedily. Burgunder. " 



Black Burgundy. Rother. 



Early Black. Schwarzer. 



This excellent hardy grape is the true Burgundy grape so 

 highly valued for wine in France. It is readily distinguished 

 from Miller's Burgundy, by the absence of the down on its 

 leaves, which peculiarly distinguishes that sort. The fruit is 

 very sweet and excellent, and the hardiness of the vine renders 

 it one of the best varieties for the open air in this climate. 



Bunches small, compact, (i. e. berries closely set.) Berries 

 middle sized, roundish-oval. Skin deep black. Juice sweet 

 and good. Ripens in the open air about the 20th of September. 

 Thompson gives more than 40 synonyrnes to this grape. 



2. BLACK FRONTIGNAN. Thomp. 



Muscat Noir. 



Sir William Rowley's Black. 



Muscat Noir Ordinaire. 



Purple Frontignan. 



Black Frontignac. 



Purple Constantia. 



Black Constantia, (of some.) 



Bourdales des Hautes Pyrenees. 



Muscat Noir de Jura. 



ac. to 

 Thomp, 



An excellent grape for the vinery, originally from the town 



