824 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, ETC. 



musky, and of excellent flavour. It ripens about the second 

 week of September, and is an excellent bearer. 



Black Frontignac, Violet Frontignac, Muscat Noir. 

 Bunches small and short : berries round, and grow close in 

 bunches ; skin black, covered with a fine light bloom, flesh 

 tender and juicy, of a rich vinous spicy flavour. 



Black Hamburg. Bunches tolerably large, with short 

 compact shoulders, tapering to a point ; berries large, of an 

 oval form, skin rather thick, very nearly black, and covered 

 with a blue bloom ; flesh tender, sweet, and of a rich vinous 

 flavour; ripens about the first of October, but will hang on the 

 vine till frost. This is, in every respect, one of the finest 

 black grapes that can be grown in the open air : it is also 

 a constant bearer. The leaves in the fall are mottled with 

 green and yellow. 



Black Prince. Bunches rather long, and generally shoul- 

 dered : berries oval, and of a good size, skin rather thick, 

 of a dark purple, and covered with a thick bloom : flesh white, 

 sweet, juicy, and well flavoured : ripe about the first of Oc- 

 tober. 



Black Lombardyj West's St. Peter's. Bunches long and 

 well shouldered : berries large, round, and of a regular size ; 

 skin thin and very black, juice plentiful, and of a very high 

 flavour; is perfectly ripe about the middle of October, and 

 will keep on the vines till frost. 



Black Muscadine, Black CJiasselas, Violet Chasselas. 

 Bunches about the size and shape of the Golden Chasselas : 

 berries perfectly round, and covered with a blue bloom : flesh 

 juicy, and of a very rich flavour; ripens about the first of 

 October. 



Frankendale. Bunches large, with small shoulders, and 

 rather longer than the Black Hamburg : berries round and 

 closely set ; skin deep purple, approaching to black, covered 

 with a thin blue bloom ; flesh tender, sweet, rich, and of a 

 luscious flavour : it is a great bearer, and fully ripe about the 

 end of September or first of October. 



Grizzly Frontignac, Muscat Gris. Bunches of a medium 

 size, with small shoulders : berries round, of a light brown 

 colour, intermixed with red and yellow ; the juice is exceed- 

 ingly rich, and possessing a high spicy flavour : it ripens about 

 the middle of September. 



