146 CHAPES. 



an amber colour, having a thin skin, a soft flesh, and a rich 

 vinous juice. 



It requires a vinery, or a stove. 



This is readily distinguished from the White Muscadine 

 of Miller and Speechly, by the wood and foliage growing 

 remarkably gross and strong. That it is the White Musca- 

 dine of Parkinson there can be but little doubt, as he de- 

 scribes it as growing to a much larger size than the other 

 was ever known to attain : he says some of the bunches 

 have weighed six pounds, and some of the berries half an 

 ounce. 



It would be very desirable to come to some clear under- 

 standing in regard to the application of the names Royal 

 J\Iuscadine and While Muscadine. These names have 

 been used by Miller and Speechly, and, having been applied 

 by them alike, I am reluctant to discontinue either the one 

 or the other, feeling satisfied that the substitution of others 

 for those already established under such authority would in- 

 crease, rather than diminish, the already too much confused 

 nomenclature of our fruits. Under this impression I have 

 continued the name of iloyal Muscadine here, and shall no- 

 tice its misapplication when speaking of the White Musca- 

 dine. 



50. SYRIAN. Speechly, No. 32. 



The Bunches of this grape are very regularly formed, 

 with shoulders nearly as broad as the bunch* is long : they 

 are also larger than those of any other sort at present 

 known. Berries large, of an oval figure. Skin white. Flesh 

 firm and hard, and if well ripened, of a pretty good flavour. 

 The wood is very strong, and the leaves large. It is an ex- 

 cellent bearer, and the bunches when ripe may be left many 

 weeks longer than almost any other sort. 



It requires a hot-house to ripen it well. 



A bunch of this sort was grown to a most enormous size 

 in 1781, at Welbeck, by Mr. Speechly. It measured nine- 

 teen inches and a half across the shoulders, its length was 

 twenty-one inches and three quarters, its circumference four 

 feet and a half, and it weighed nineteen pounds and a half. 

 The Syrian Grape is supposed to be the sort mentioned in 

 Numbers, xiii. 23. 



51. VERDELHO. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 106. t. 8. 



Bunches loose, rather small, inclined to shoulder. Ber- 

 ries oval, small, having numerous very small ones, without 

 seeds, interspersed ; of a greenish yellow, but of a slightly 

 amber-coloured russet when fully exposed to the sun. Skin 



