GRAPES. 143 



It requires a vinery. 



In warm seasons it would ripen on a south wall, upon a 

 dry bottom. 



40. WORTLEY HALL GRAPE. Hort. Trans. Vol iv. p. 

 516. 



Bunches in general appearance like those of the Black 

 Hamburgh. They are well shouldered and tapering, and 

 the berries regularly distributed. Berries large, rather oval 

 than round, somewhat broadest at the head, with an irregu- 

 lar surface. Skin very glossy, dark purple. Flesh thick, 

 but juicy, sweet, and pleasant ; with a very slight Muscat 

 flavour. Seeds large, but rarely more than one in each 

 berry. 



It requires a hothouse. 



This grape sprang up from seed, in the stove at Wortley 

 Hall, in Yorkshire, and first bore fruit in 1819, when it was 

 exhibited at the Horticultural Society : the bunch weighed 

 two pounds. 



SECT. III. White or Yellow Fruited. 



41. ALEXANDRIAN CIOTAT. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 

 3. t. 1. 



Bunches large and long, with narrow shoulders. Berries 

 oval, a little broader at the head than next the stalk, and they 

 sit rather thin upon the bunches. Skin pale yellow on the 

 shaded part ; but where exposed to the sun, of an amber co- 

 lour, and covered with numerous brown russetty dots. Flesh 

 firm, like the Muscat of Alexandria, but not with its perfume : 

 the Juice is, however, good ; and it is a great bearer. 



It requires a vinery. 



Raised some years ago by John Williams, Esq. in his 

 garden at Pitmaston, near Worcester. 



42. BOURDELAS. Duhamel, No. 13. 

 Bourdelais. Ib. 



Burdelais. Miller, No. 10. 



Bunches very large, weighing sometimes five or six 

 pounds. Berries large, of an oval figure, growing very close 

 upon the bunch, and containing generally four seeds. Skin 

 nearly white, approaching to yellow as the berries become 

 ripe. The Flesh is hard, and the Juice, unless well ripened, 

 too austere to be palatable. 





