GEAPES. 349 



Bunches long and large; berries large, oval, black, juicy, 

 sweet, slightly muskj. 



SELECT FOREIGN GRAPES. 



1. Black Cluster. — Small, roundish oval, black, sweet 

 and good; bunches small, very compact; one of the 

 hardiest and best for oj^en air culture ; early. 



2. Black Prince. — Large, oval, black; bunches long, 

 ratlier open ; sweet and fine ; a profuse bearer. 



3. Black Frontignan. — Berries medium size, round, 

 black, bunches long ; flavor rich and musky ; prolific. 



4. Black Ilamlmrg. — A fine grape, and a general 

 favorite for the vinery ; bunches are large, very much 

 shouldered — that is, branched ; berries large, deep block, 

 sweet and rich. 



5. Chasselas de Fontainhleau. — This is esteemed the 

 finest table grape in France, and succeeds admirably here 

 in vineries, and occasionally in the open air. Bunches 

 large, somewhat shouldered ; berries large, round, greenish 

 white, becoming slightly colored or reddened in the sun; 

 canes stout, of a yellowish color; leaves large and shining; 

 very productive. The Golden Chasselas is very similar 

 to, if not identical with this. 



6. Grizzly Frontignan. — This is one of the most deli- 

 cious grapes when grown in the vinery, and very beau- 

 tiful too. Bunches long, slightly shouldered ; berries 

 medium size, rc>uud, colored red and violet-purple in the 

 sun ; rich, musky flavor. 



T. Wldte Frontignan (Muscat Blanc of the French). — 

 One of the oldest varieties ; bunches pretty large ; berries 

 roundish, changing from green to amber as they ripen in 

 the sun ; rich and quite musky ; later than the preceding. 



8. White Muscat of Alexanchia. — Tliis is a most deli- 

 cious variety, considered the same as the imported 



