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7. Black Frontignan. Bunches small. Berries 

 round, small, and thickly set. Skin black, and covered 

 with a light blue, or violet bloom. Pulp juicy, and of 

 a rich vinous musky flavour. 



8. Grizzly Frontignan. Bunches medium-sized, 

 with small shoulders. Berries round, and of a light 

 brown colour, intermixed with red and yellow. The 

 juice is excedingly rich, and possesses a high musky 

 perfumed flavour. 



9. White Frontignan. -Bunches long, and occa- 

 sionally shouldered. Berries round, rather large, pretty 

 closely set, of a dull greenish yellow, and covered with 

 a whitish powdery bloom. Pulp juicy, sweet, very 

 rich, with an exquisite musky flavour. 



The flavour of this and the two preceding grapes is 

 so extremely delicious, that no g.)od vine wall should 

 be without them. They ripen well when the aspect 

 ' is good, and the soil very dry ; but being thin-skinned, 

 and constitutionally disposed to decay after they be- 

 come fully ripe, they cannot be kept long on the vine : 

 particularly if the wall against which they are growing 

 be destitute of a projecting coping. 



10. White Muscadine. Bunches middle-sized, 

 shouldered, and handsomely formed. Berries round, 

 and rather large. Skin thin, and if exposed to the di- 

 rect rays of the sun, acquires, when fully ripe, a yellow- 

 ish brown colour. Pulp juicy, rich, and well-flavoured. 



This is an exceedingly fine grape, and a prolific 

 bearer ; and from its hardy nature, and the certainty 

 with which it ripens in any season, it may be con- 

 sidered as the best white grape that can be grown on 

 open walls. 



11. Malmsey Muscadine. This resembles the pre- 

 ceding, except that the berries are smaller, and the 

 bunches *iot so regularly formed ; but the juice is 

 sweeter, and possesses a higher flavour. 



