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black and not so delicate, the juice being of a harsh and rough taste* 

 The leaves in autumn, when on the decline, change to a beautiful 

 bright scarlet. This is the grape of which the red Port-wine is 

 made. 



28. The White Morillon. This has an oval white berry, of a 

 moderate size, with thin skin and delicate juicy flesh. It grows 

 close on the bunches, which are small. The leaves are soft, being 

 greatly covered with down on the under side, somewhat similar to 

 the genuine Tokay grape, to which it appears nearly allied. 



29. Cat's Grafie. This has a small oval berry, of a greenish 

 white colour, with a thin skin and soft juicy flesh. The berries 

 grow close, forming small bunches. The taste of this fruit before 

 it is quite matured, is disagreeable, but, when perfectly ripe, is very 

 sweet, and pleasing to some palates. 



30. The St. Peter's Grafie. This has a pretty large berry, inclin- 

 ing to an oval form, and of a deep black colour \vhen ripe ; the skin 

 is thin, and the flesh very delicate and juicy. This Vine produces 

 large shouldered bunches, and the leaves are much more divided than 

 those of most other sorts. 



31. The Black Grafie from Palestine. This appears nearly simi- 

 lar to the preceding, but may probably be a distinct variety. 



32. The White parsley leaved Grape, or Ciotat. This is a variety 

 of the parsley leaved grape. The berries are round, white, of a 

 moderate size, with thin skins and delicate juicy flesh, which is very- 

 sweet but not of a vinous flavour. The branches are of a pretty good 

 size almost similar to the white Muscadine. The leaves are finely- 

 divided, differing from any other sort. ...There is a variety of the 

 parsley-leaved grape which produces red berries. 



33. The Slack Lisbon Grape. This has a large globular berry, 

 black, thin skinned and juicy. It has also large shouldered bunches, 

 which not a little resembles the Black Hamburg. This is a good 

 grape. 



34. The Greek Grape. The berries of this variety are of a mo- 

 derate size, rather inclining to an oval figure, of a bluish white co- 

 lour, and grow close, forming moderate-sized handsome bunches. 

 The leaves grow on very short foot-stalks, and bear a resemblance 

 to those of the Sweet-Water. It is a delicate and justly esteemed 

 fruit. 



35. The White Corinth Grape. This lias a white, round berry, 

 rather small, with a thin skin, and very delicate juicy flesh, of an 

 agreeable flavour. The bunches too are rather small. The ber- 

 ries, when perfectly ripe, are transparent, so that the seeds appear 

 very distinctly. 



36. The White Muscat of LUNEL. The berries of this, are 

 large and oval, and, when perfectly ripe, are of a fine amber colour, 

 somewhat clouded with brown or russet, especially on the side next 

 the sun. The skin is thin, and the flesh delicate, replete with a 

 vinous juice. As this grape is a very plentiful bearer, and forms 

 pretty large bunches, it may justly be deemed a valuable sort. 



57. The Red Chasselas, or Chasselas Rouge, is very like the 

 Chasselas Blanc, No. 6, in size and shape, but is of a dark red co- 

 lour. It is a very good grape, but ripens later than the white. 



