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GRAPES. 



Bunches large, with short stiff shoulders. Berries very 

 large, oval, with short stiff footstalks, of a beautiful purple 

 colour, and grow very loose on the bunches. The Juice, 

 when fully ripened, has a sort of Damson or Medlar-like fla- 

 vour, which to some palates may be agreeable. The wood 

 is very strong, and the leaves thick and succulent, more so 

 than almost any other sort. 



It ripens late, and requires a hothouse. 



25. GREY AUVKRNAT. Miller, No. 33. 



Berries middle-sized, somewhat oval, and placed thinner 

 on the bunches than those of the Black Auvernat ; they are 

 of a pale muddy colour, inclining to brown, and contain a 

 sweet Juice. 



It ripens on the common wall, and is well adapted to the 

 purpose of making wine. 



26. GRIZZLY FRONTIGNAN. 



Grizzly Frontignac. Speechly, No. 12. 



Grizzly Frontinac. Langley,ip. 115. 



Muscat Gris. /for/. Soc. Cat. No. 63. 



Bunches middle-sized, with small narrow shoulders. Ber- 

 ries round, larger than those of the White Frontignan, and 

 growing closer upon the bunches : they are of a pale brown 

 colour, intermixed with red and yellow. The Juice is very 

 rich, and possesses a high musky flavour. 



Requires a hothouse. 



It was introduced by Sir William Temple previously to 

 1654. 



26.* LANGFORD'S INCOMPARABLE. 



Bunches rather large, about seven inches deep, with well- 

 formed shoulders of about the same extent. Berries of un- 

 equal sizes : the largest are oval, six eighths of an inch long, 

 and five eighths of an inch in diameter, but rather the widest 

 at the apex : the smaller ones are less oval, and the smallest 

 ones nearly globular ; these contain one small seed, and the 

 larger ones two large seeds, each. Skin brown, but of a 

 deep purple when fully ripe, and covered with a blue bloom. 

 Flesh tender, and full of Juice, which, if well ripened, is sac- 

 charine, but without any peculiar musky flavour, somewhat 

 resembling that of the Black Cluster. The berries set re- 

 markably thick upon the bunches, which, if net thinned out, 

 are apt to spoil each other. 



*No. 26. is inserted twice, in consequence of Langford's Incomparable having 

 been sent me after the numerical arrangement had been completed. 



