132 GRAPES. 



pretty large, of an oval figure, but when grown to an extra- 

 ordinary size, they are much enlarged at the head. Skin 

 rather thick, of a deep purple colour, nearly black, and 

 covered with a blue bloom. Flesh tender. Juice sugary, 

 and well flavoured. 



Requires a vinery. 



This very valuable grape was brought into England by 

 Mr. Warner, who had his garden at Rotherhithe in 1724. 

 Hence jjt is sometimes called the Warner Grape. It is a 

 great bearer, and its bunches, although not large, are always 

 perfect, and regularly formed. In the autumn the leaves 

 are mottled with green and yellow. 



7. BLACK LISBON. Speechly, No. 46. 



Bunches large and well shouldered. Berries large, glo- 

 bular. Skin thin, of a black colour. Juice plentiful, of a 

 pretty good flavour. 



Requires a vinery or hothouse. 



Mr. Speechly is the only authority we have for this grape ; 

 he says the bunches are shouldered not unlike the Black 

 Hamburgh, that it is a pretty good fruit, and (1790) but lit- 

 tle known in this country. 



It has been said by some to be the same as the Black 

 Spanish, or Alicant. Its regularly shouldered bunches, and 

 its globular berries with thin skins, determine it at once to 

 be a wholly different sort. 



8. BLACK LOMBARDY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 82. 

 West's St. Peter's. Ib. 



West's Black St. Peter's, of some Collections. , 



Bunches long, with large shoulders. Berries large, round, 

 and of an even size. Skin thin, of a very black colour 

 when fully ripe. Juice plentiful, of a very high flavour. 

 Seeds very small. Wood short jointed. Eyes prominent. 

 Leaves rather small, smooth, shining underneath, and deeply 

 serrated ; they turn to a purple colour as the fruit becomes 

 ripe. 



Requires a hothouse. 



Mr. Oldacre has given a very good account of this grape, 

 which he thinks is but little known. He always begins to 

 force it in the middle of April ; it becomes ripe in Novem- 

 ber ; and he sometimes keeps it on his vines till the end of 

 March Gard. Mag. Vol. i. p. 36. 



9. BLACK MORILLON. Miller, No. 6. 

 Auvergne. JVLartyn's Miller, No. 7. 



