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other sort. It succeeds very well with us m the open air, and 

 may therefore be considered a valuable sort, but it is greatly 

 superior in flavour when grown under glass. 



Bunches of middle size, long, rather loose. Berries round. 

 Skin thin, white, with a sweet and pleasant, but not rich fla- 

 voured juice. 



There is a variety of this grape with red fruit. 



16. CHASSELAS MUSQUE. Thomp. Duh. 



Musk Chasselas. 

 Le Cour. 



A very delicious grape, the highest flavoured Chasselas, 

 having much of the flavour of the Muscat of Alexandria. 



Bunches of medium size, long and rather loose. Berries 

 middle size, round. Skin thin, yellowish white. Flesh tender, 

 with an abundant juice, of a rich musky flavour. Leaves 

 smaller and deeper green than those of the Sweetwater or Mus- 

 cadine. 



17. CHARLSWORTH TOKAY. Thomp. 



A new variety very recently received from England, reputed 

 to be of superior quality. 



Bunches long, compact. Berries large, oval ; skin thick, 

 white. Flavour rich and excellent, with a Muscat perfume. 



18. EARLY WHITE MALVASIA. Thomp 



Morna Chasselas. Mornair blanc. ~] 



Early Chasselas. Le Melier. ! of the 



Grove End Sweet Water. Melier blanc. [ French 



White Melier. Blanc de Bonneuil.J 



A nice early grape, and a good bearer, which is in fact only 

 an earlier variety of the Chasselas. It bears very well in the 

 open air. 



Bunches in size and form, much like those of the white Chas- 

 selas or Royal Muscadine. Berries round, yellowish white. 

 Skin thin. Flesh sweet, juicy and agreeable in flavour. 

 Ripens in August. The leaves are pale green on the upper 

 side, slightly downy below, cut into five, rather deep lobes. 



19. PITM ASTON WHITE CLUSTER, 



A pretty hardy grape, raised in Pitmaston, England, from 

 the Black Cluster, ripening rather earlier than the Sweetwater, 

 of good quality and well deserving a place where the foreign 

 grapes are cultivated in the open air. 



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