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Black Lombardy, or Westfs St. Peter's. Bunches 

 large, berries round, skin thin, with a sweet flavor ; an 

 excellent late sort. The fruit will hang on the vines till 

 March. 



Royal Muscadine, of the L. Hort. Cat. or White Mus- 

 cadine of Lindley. The Chasselas of Paris. This, though 

 not a first-rate grape, comes early, and is a favorite with 

 many. Bunches large, berries white, round, with rich and 

 sweet juice. 



* Muscat of Alexandria. Bunches long, and also broad- 

 shouldered, berries white and oval, with a delicious, very 

 rich, muscat flavor ; wood reddish-brown ; leaf large and 

 pendulous. This most admirable variety requires a high 

 temperature, and should properly have a small vinery for 

 itseff. 



The Canon Hall Muscat is a variety of the former ; 

 similar in general appearance but with larger leaves ; clus- 

 ter setting thinner and more regularly, berries rather 

 longer and larger, flesh less firm, but rich flavored, and 

 ripening fully a fortnight earlier. 



Pitmaston White Cluster. This excellent variety 

 sprang from a seed of the small black cluster grape. The 

 bunch is compact ; the berry is round, when ripe of an 

 amber color, bronzed with russet on one side. It comes to 

 perfection on the open wall in England, and is also well 

 suited for forcing. 



White Tokay. The bunch is small and not shouldered ; 

 the berries of a rich vinous flavor ; wood white ; leaf stiff 

 and downy. 



Large White Sweetwater. Bunch loose, berries round, 

 flavor sweet. It ripens early, generally from the middle to 

 the end of September ; and in the south of England it suc- 

 ceeds against the open wall. The bunches should be 



