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with a cottony wool, or hoary down, which in their young 

 state is almost white ; hence the name of the Miller's 

 Grape. 



It ripens perfectly on a south wall. 



The figure in the Pom. Mag. abave quoted, is a very 

 excellent representation. 



The drawing was made from a bunch produced in the 

 Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, the plant of which had 

 been obtained from the remains of an ancient vineyard at 

 Tortsvorth in Gloucestershire, fifteen miles from Bristol, and 

 was undoubtedly one of the sorts cultivated formerly in that 

 ancient place. 



SECT. II. Red or Purple Fruited. 



23. CAMBRIDGE BOTANIC GARDEN GRAPE. Pom. Mag. 

 t. 21. 



Bunches from nine to ten inches long, sometimes with a 

 rather narrow shoulder. Berries closely set, very even- 

 sized, of a rather oval figure, deep purple, inclining to brown. 

 Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, high-flavoured, and very pleasant. 

 Seeds two or three in each berry. The leaves become of a 

 bright crimson colour late in the autumn. 



It ripens very well on a south wall, upon a dry bottom ; 

 but it deserves to be planted in the vinery, where the bunches 

 would be larger, and the berries of a higher flavour. 



This grape, although standing in a public establishment 

 like that of the Botanic Garden at Cambridge, does not ap- 

 pear to have attracted any particular notice until a few years 

 ago. It is planted against a south wall, in a department of 

 the garden allotted principally to compost soils and empty 

 pots ; a place wholly unfrequented by visiters. 



I saw it for the first time in the beginning of July, 1815, 

 and my attention was directed to it in consequence of the 

 forward state of its berries, which were then as large as a 

 full-sized marrow pea. In the September following I re- 

 ceived a bunch of it from Mr. Biggs, the curator, which cor- 

 responded fully with the one figured in the Pom. Mag. I 

 believe it to be wholly distinct from any other grape in our 

 gardens. How it came into the garden there I could obtain 

 no information. 



24. DAMSON GRAPE. Speechly, No. 41. 



Black Damson, of some Collections. 



Damask Grape. Miller, No. 14. 

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