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green above, grayish green and tomentose below, five lobed, 

 young shoots light green, with tomentose points. Bunch very 

 large, loose, shouldered, with long stems and drooping ; berry 

 large, long, dark blue, with lighter dots, fleshy, thick skin, 

 very late. 



Rose of Peru. This is a very handsome and productive 

 grape, of good quality, but does not carry quite as well as 

 some other, vine a strong grower, resembling Mission, with dark 

 brown, short jointed wood; leaf deep green above, lighter 

 green and tomentose below. Bunch very large, shouldered, 

 rather loose; berry round, large, black, with firm and crack- 

 ling flesh, ripens rather late. 



Gros Colman. Synonym Dodrelaba. Vine a very strong 

 grower, long joints, dark brown wood. Leaf very large and 

 thick, more broad than long, slightly lobed, dark green above, 

 white and woolly below, young shoots tomentose. Bunch 

 heavy, broadly shouldered, rather loose ; berry very large, 

 round, black with blue bloom. Ripens very late but evenly, 

 and is very productive, but may not carry so well as some 

 others. 



Black Morocco. This is used as a shipping grape further 

 South, not adapted to the North, where it ripens very late and 

 unevenly. Vine a straggling, drooping grower, with numerous 

 laterals, which generally bring an abundance of second crop, 

 leaf thin, deeply lobed, and serrated, dark green and shining, 

 Bunch very large, rather compact, heavily shouldered; berry 

 very large, black, fleshy, of rather poor quality. 



Muscat of Alexandria. Synonym Moscatel Gordo Blanco, 

 weiser Muscat, Damascener, etc. It is yet a disputed point 

 in this State, whether Muscat of Alexandria or Muscatel 

 Oordo JBlanco are the same. In the books on grape culture 

 they are called identical, and I can see no difference here. 

 While this is the leading raisin grape, here and abroad, it is 

 also a very important shipping grape, as it carries well, looks 



