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Hungary is made. We have ripened it very well in the open 

 air. Its flavour is good and its aroma peculiarly agreeable. 



Bunches of medium size, compact. Berries rounded oval, 

 closely set. Skin thin, of a dull white. Flesh very delicate, 

 sweet and perfumed. Leaves deeply 5-lobed, and covered with 

 a satiny down on the lower surface. 



28. WHITE HAMBURGH. Thomp. 



White Lisbon. 

 White Portugal. 

 White Raisin. 



This is the Portugal grape of commerce which is so largely 

 exported to different parts of the world in jars. It is not a high 

 flavoured though a very showy grape, and will hang a long 

 time on the vines after maturity. It requires a vinery. 



Bunches very large and loose. Berries large, oval. Skin 

 thick, greenish-white. Flesh solid, sweet, and sometimes with 

 a slight Muscat flavour. Bunches of this variety weighing over 

 three pounds have been grown near Boston. 



29. WHITE NICE. Thomp. M'Intosh. 



A very large and showy fruit, and, in a vinery with fire-heat, 

 a very excellent sort. M'lntosh, an English gardener of repu- 

 tation, has grown bunches of this the White Nice to the enor- 

 mous weight of eighteen pounds, and considers it " one of the 

 noblest of grapes." 



Bunches very large, with loose shoulders. Berries roundish, 

 medium size, thinly distributed over the shoulders and sides of 

 the bunch. Skin thin, rather tough, greenish-white, becoming, 

 finally, a little yellowish. Flesh crisp, sweet, and of very good 

 flavour. Leaves and wood very strong, the latter remarkably 

 downy beneath. 



30. WHITE RISSLING. Thomp. 



Schloss Johannisberg. 



Rudesheimerberg. 



Reissling. 



Petit Riessling. 



Grosser Riessfing. 



Rossling. 



Kleier Kiss] ing. 



The most celebrated grape of the Rhine, producing the cele- 

 brated hock wines. It is yet little known in this country, but 

 from its very great hardiness and productiveness, in the cold 

 districts of its native soil, we hope to find in it a valuable ac- 

 quisition for our gardens if not for our vineyards. 



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