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allowed to hang until they be perfectly ripe, when the ber- 

 ries acquire a slight russet color. It has long been a favor- 

 ite grape. 



The Grove-End Sweetwater is early, and of good qual- 

 ity ; the berries having a rich vinous flavor. Tt is the 

 better for artificial impregnation. 



StittwarcPs Sweetwater or Chasselas precoce is a recent 

 variety of considerable merit. It is desirable for earliness, 

 and the bunches possess the property of keeping good on 

 the plant for two or three months after the berries are 

 ripe. 



Black Morillon or Burgundy Grape, or Small Black 

 Cluster, ripens in England against a south wall. 



The Black Prince is of easy cultivation, and the berries 

 are of a pleasant flavor. 



The Zante, or Corinth Grape, is often called Zante 

 Currant. In general it is a shy bearer, and the berries are 

 small ; but Mr. Grow, gardener at Tulliallan, having ferti- 

 lized some bunches with the pollen of the Black Hamburgh, 

 found that they set more freely, and that the berries were 

 larger and better flavored ; a hint worth attending to in 

 other cases. 



The Verdelho has loose bunches, berries of a greenish- 

 yellow color, small, oval, numerous ; when fully ripe, of a 

 rich sacharine flavor. It is the principal grape cultivated 

 in Madeira for making the celebrated wine of that island. 

 The-plant grows vigorously ; and Mr. Knight has observed 

 of it that the same degree of shade which would render the 

 greater number of sorts wholly unproductive, scarcely 

 affects the fertility of this ; a convenient property, which 

 adapts it for the back wall of a glazed-house. The same 

 horticulturist mentions another economical property of the 

 verdelho : it bears plentifully when planted in very small 



