142 GRAPES. 



Bunches pretty large, and shouldered. Berries rather 

 large, of an oval shape. Skin thick, of a red colour. Flesh 

 very firm, with a saccharine, high flavoured, musky Juice. 



It requires a hothouse. 



Bradley says it requires a good deal of sun to bring it to 

 perfection, but it is then one of our best grapes. It is more 

 esteemed about Paris than the White Muscat. When 

 against good walls, it ripens very well, without any artificial 

 heat. 



38. SAINT AUGUSTIN GRAPE. G. Lind. Cat. 1815. 

 Bunches pretty large, with moderately sized shoulders. 



Berries of an unequal size and form: the large ones are 

 oval, obtuse at the head, and contain three or four seeds 

 each ; the middle sized are round, and contain one or two 

 seeds ; the small ones are round also, and are without seeds. 

 Skin rather thick, deep red or purple, covered with a blue 

 bloom. Flesh firm, with a sweet and rather musky Juice. 



It requires a vinery, or perhaps a stove. 



In the autumn of 1794, I observed a vine growing against 

 the south side of a house, in the parish of Saint Augustin, 

 near the gates, in Norwich. A few of the bunches were 

 then pretty ripe, and some of the largest berries measured 

 three inches and three quarters in circumference. This 

 tree which is the original one in this country, was import- 

 ed from Spain about fifty years ago, by a Mr. Lindoe, a 

 manufacturer, of that city, and planted against the house of 

 Benjamin Cogman, which is now (1830) inhabited by his 

 son, and where the tree is still growing. I have not yet seen 

 this fine grape under glass ; but I expect ere long to give 

 some account of its merits, whengrown under ahigher^tem- 

 perature. 



39. VARIEGATED CHASSELAS. Hort. Trans. Tol. i. p. 

 259. t. 16. 



Bunches rather long, without shoulders. Berries rather 

 small, of a round figure, hanging loose upon the bunches. 

 Skin very thin, of a bluish violet, where shaded ; but where 

 exposed, of a deep purple. Flesh tender, with a very sac- 

 charine Jw'ce, and of a pretty good flavour. 



It has ripened at Downton Castle, where it was raised, 

 and an account of it sent to the Horticultural Society, Feb. 

 4, 1812. It sprang from a seed of the White Chasselas, 

 impregnated with the pollen of the Aleppo : the leaves 

 are variegated in the autumn with red, green and yellow ; 

 and they have long, red, flattish petioles. 



