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duke of Norfolk, and cultivated at Welbeck, many years 

 prior to his decease in 1777. 



Requires a hothouse, or pine stove. 



4. BLACK FRONTIGNAN.* 



Black Frontignac. Miller, No. 13. 



Blue Frontignac. Speechly, No. 14. 



Violet Frontignac. Ib. 



Muscat noir. Duhamel, No. 9. 



Bunches small and short. Berries small, round, and grow 

 close upon the bunches. Skin black, when fully exposed, 

 and covered with a blue or violet bloom. Flesh tender ; 

 the juice of a rich vinous musky flavour. 



It ripens well generally, in a warm season, on a south 

 wall, upon a dry bottom, and under good management ; but 

 it is much better to plant it in the vinery. 



This is the true Black Frontignan grape, and has been 

 known to every practical gardener in England since the time 

 of Miller. It was introduced into this country by Sir Wil- 

 liam Temple, before 1654. 



5. BLACK GRAPE FROM TRIPOLI. Speechly, No. .3. 

 Bunches middle sized, and well shouldered, with long 



slender foot-stalks. Berries large, globular, very equal in 

 size, slightly compressed : some are without stones, and 

 others have two or three in each ; but they are very small in 

 comparison with those of any other kind. Skin thin, of a 

 deep purple colour, apparently black, covered with a thin 

 blue bloom. Flesh delicate and tender, with a very rich, 

 highly-flavoured juice. 



Requires a hot house or pine stove. 



This is a very excellent grape, and has a good deal the 

 appearance of the Black Damascus ; but its bunches are 

 always composed of equal sized berries : they are not so 

 deep coloured, and it ripens nearly a month sooner in the 

 same temperature. The leaves of both are very beautifully 

 variegated in the autumn. 



6. BLACK HAMBURGH. SpeecMy, No. 18. 

 Warner's Black Hamburgh, of some gardens. 

 Potier bleu. Knoop. Fruct. p. 145. 



Bunches tolerably large, with two short compact shoul- 

 ders, nearly as broad across as the bunch is deep. Berries 



* It derives its name from Frontignan, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Herault, celebrated for its excellent Muscadine wine, generally called Frontig- 

 nac. It is situated on the lake Meguleone, four legues S. S. W. of Montpellier. 

 John Rea, in 1702, mentions the Muscat of Frontignan. 



