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bloom ; flesh tender, abounding with sweet, high-flavored juice ; 

 each berry contains two small seeds. 



* PITMASTON'S WHITE CLUSTER. A pretty hardy English 

 variety. Bunches of medium size, compact and shouldered ; 

 berries middle-size, round ; skin thin, light amber color, occa- 

 sionally shaded with russet when fully ripe ; flesh tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and excellent. 



f RED HAMBURGH, Warner's Red Hamburgh, Brown Ham- 

 burgh, Gibraltar. The berries of this are of a dark red or 

 purple color, with a thin skin, and juicy, delicate flesh. The 

 size and figure of both the bunch and the berry are very much 

 like the Black Hamburgh, except the latter being less oval, and 

 growing more loosely on the bunches. When the berries are 

 imperfectly ripened, they are of a pale brown color, hence it is 

 called Brown Hamburgh. 



* ROYAL MUSCADINE, Amber Muscadine, Early White 

 Teneri/e, Golden Chasselas, White Chasselas. Bunches large 

 and shouldered ; berries round, larger than those of the Sweet- 

 water ; skin thin, at first greenish- white, but turning to an 

 amber color when fully ripe ; flesh tender and of a rich 

 flavor. 



SYRIAN. Bunches enormously large, with broad shoulders; 

 berries large, oval ; skin thick, white at first, but amber color 

 when fully ripe ; flesh firm, juicy, and sweet. A bunch of this 

 variety was gathered in Mr. Speechly's vinery at Welbeck, 

 England, four feet and a half in circumference, weighing nine- 

 teen pounds and a half. The Syrian grape is supposed to be 

 the sort mentioned in Numbers xiii. 23. 



VERDELHO, Verdal, Verdilhio, Madeira Wine Grape. 

 Bunches rather small, loose, inclined to shoulder ; berries oval, 

 small, rather unequal in size ; skin thin, almost transparent ; 

 juice, when fully matured in the vinery, of a rich saccharine 

 flavor. 



WHITE FRONTIGNAN, White Frontignac, Muscat blanc, White 

 Constantia. Bunches rather long, without shoulders ; berries 

 middle-size, round, rather closely set ; skin thin, of a greenish- 



