OF GRAPES. 

 9. BLACK ST. PETER'S. Thomson. 



Fruit of the medium size, roundish oval. Skin thin. Color black. 

 Fine and excellent. Regarded by Downing aa one of the best sorts 

 for a vinery without heat. 



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10. BLACK LOMBARDY. 



Fruit full medium size, slightly oval, or higher than wide. Seeds large. 

 Flesh sweet near the skin. Clusters large. ^ 



11. RED CHASSELAS. 



Fruit of the medium size, round ; reddish, transparent and sweet. Seeds 

 four. 



Fig. 7. 



12. GRIZZLY FRONTIGNAN. 



€lrey Mutcat. 



Fig. 9 



Fruit about the medium size, oval ; reddish gray, with a thick bloom ; 

 juicy and rich, musky. 



changing the character of the fruit. The seed, however, would produce a variety of apple differing from that 

 produced by the tree upon which the pollen fell. In the Indian corn, and in all the cereals, the kernels or grain will 

 bo changed, or a new variety will be the result. In the one case, the fruit is derived from the cellular system of the 

 vegetable ; in the other, that of the cereals, the frait belongs to the reproductive. These remarks are not designed to 

 invalidate the truth of the remarks of Mr. Downing, for it may be that in order to obtain a suflTicient activity of the 

 Tessels belonging to the cellular system of the grape, it may be necessary that those connected with the reproductive 

 should be brought into full action by the influence of the pollen of a more vigorous kind, although I am unable to 

 Mttisfy myself of the real grounds upon which the practice is founded. 



