64 FRUIT GARDEN. 



Mittens Burgundy. This sort is distinguished by the 

 hoary bubescence of its leaves. It is a black grape, with 

 short compact clusters, small round berries, and clear, high- 

 flavored juice. It is hardy, ripening completely on a south 

 wall. 



Black Damascus. Bunches large, with round berries 

 and exquisitely sweet juice. This desirable late variety 

 does not set well, and the bunches are improved by the 

 blossom being dusted with the pollen of some hardy 

 kind. 



Frankenthal. A valuable grape, nearly allied to the 

 Black Hamburgh. Bunches moderate in size, berries obo- 

 vate, flavor excellent. Although this is the kind which is 

 commonly trained against the open wall in Holland, it 

 seems to require a warm vinery in Scotland. 



Frontignan (or Frontignac). Several varieties under 

 this appellation, and distinguished by the names of black 

 (or purple Constantia), grizzly, red, and the white, are 

 mentioned by horticultural writers. They vary in color 

 and form of the cluster. The berries are round, the skin 

 thick, and the juice of a rich muscat flavor. They are all 

 of high excellence. The white (often called white Con- 

 stantia) is the most early. 



Black Gibraltar, or Red Hamburgh of Lindley. This 

 is an excellent grape, with large clusters and large dark red 

 berries, full of a sweet juice. 



Black Hamburgh. This is a well-known grape, of great 

 value, and perhaps more generally cultivated for the dessert 

 in this country than any other sort. It ought to be in every 

 collection. 



Wilmot^s New Hamburgh, with remarkably large ber- 

 ries, very firm in flesh, but the bunches small and loose, and 

 not shouldered. 



