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which are of a middle size. Juice very saccharine and lus- 

 cious Wood short-jointed. 



On a south wall it ripens well in dry warm seasons ; but 

 if the weather prove unfavourable when the vine is in blos- 

 som, the bunches become imperfectly formed, and contain 

 numerous very small berries. 



The White Sweetwater ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, 

 on a south wall, Aug. 10, O. S., or Aug. 21, N. S. (Lang- 

 ley.} 



The Dutch gardeners call it Parel Druyf, and force it 

 in large quantities for market. 



There are several names of White Sweetwater to be 

 found in different nurserymen's catalogues, but most of 

 them have arisen from the whim or caprice of their culti- 

 vators. 



SECT. IV . Striped-Fruited. 



62. ALEPPO. Speechlij, No. 4. 



Raisin Suisse. Miller, No. 26. 



Switzerland Grape. Ib. 



Berries middle-sized, of a roundish figure. Skin thin, of 

 various colours : some are black, some white ; but mostly 

 they are striped with black and white in distinct lines : oc- 

 casionally, one bunch will be black, one white, and another 

 half black and half white. Flesh juicy, and of an exquisite 

 flavour. The leaves in the autumn are curiously striped 

 with red, green, and yellow, somewhat similar to the Alep- 

 po Cos Lettuce. 



A plentiful bearer, requiring a vinery or a hothouse. 



SEC. V. American Grapes, by the Editor. 



The species of American Grapes are as follow : 



1. VITIS LABRUSCA. Downy-leaved grape. Sweet's 

 Hort. Brit. No. 9. 



Taurina. Walt. Fl. Car. 242. 



Fox Grape. Pursh Fl. No. 1. 



Michaux, Fl. Amer. v. 2. p. 230. 



This species is found " in shady woods, from Canada to 

 Florida." The bunches are rather short. The berries 

 large, a little inclining to an oval shape. Skin black, having 



