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ing more second than first crop ; the wood is short and 

 stocky. It is a leading raisin grape, both here and 

 abroad, and it is also an important shipping grape. It 

 carries well,* looks well, and many admire its peculiar 

 flavor. It is sometimes used for sweet wines, such as An- 

 gelica and Muscat, but its flavor is rather too prominent. 

 Cluster very long and loose, sometimes shouldered ; berry 

 oblong, large, light yellow when fully matured, trans- 

 parent, fleshy, with thick skin, and a very sweet, musky 

 flavor ; liked by some and disliked by others. 



Malaga. — ^Vine a strong grower, productive. Clus- 

 ter very large, loose, shouldered, long; berry very large, 

 oval, yellowish green, covered with white bloom, thick 

 skin, fleshy. Kipens rather early, and also makes good 

 raisins. 



Verbal. — A strong grower with long joints, leaf 

 large, deeply lobed ; cluster rather short, heavily shoul- 

 dered; berry oblong, yellowish green, covered with 

 white bloom ; very late, productive. 



White Cori^ichon. — The vine is a strong and stocky 

 grower, and very productive ; leaf thin, light green, 

 tomentose below ; cluster very large, loose, with long, 

 drooping shoulders; berry oblong, golden yellow with 

 light dots, thick skin, fleshy and transparent; ripens 

 late. 



The Sultana and Thompson's Seedless have already 

 been described. Both make the finest raisins and both 

 ship well, the latter being the more showy and delicate. 

 As they ripen rather early, they come between the earli- 

 est and late varieties. 



The black and white Corinths, from which the so- 

 called Zante currants are made, do not succeed gener- 

 ally, and the two foregoing are much preferable for seed- 

 less raisins. 



