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walls. Near Boston it is considered one of the very best 

 for our climate, ripening well its fruit in open culture, in 

 favorable seasons and situations; at Thomery, famous. 



2. *GOLDEN CHASSELAS, 



CHASSELAS DORE, BAR SUR AUBE, Duh. Bon Jard. 



RAISIN DE CHAMPAGNE. Bon Jard. p. 366. 



YELLOW CHASSELAS OF THOMERY. 



GROS GOULARD. 



The wood of this fine variety is of medium vigor, the 

 joints short ; by this it is distinguished from -the White 

 Chasselas. It is also a fortnight earlier than that variety, 

 but is not so exuberantly productive. The bunches are 

 large ; the berries large and round, of a yellow amber or 

 gold color, melting, pleasant, sweet, and excellent. The 

 bunches of this variety are somewhat peculiar, having 

 mostly quite large berries, intermixed with some few of 

 small size on the same bunch. This fine variety has been 

 introduced by S. G. Perkins, Esq., and produces good 

 crops in open culture in warm expositions. To produce 

 great crops, and enable the fruit to set well, it must be 

 screened from high winds from the time of blossoming till 

 the fruit becomes of the size of peas. The Chasselas 

 Dore, Bar sur Aube, of the old Duhamel and the Bon Jar- 

 dinier, must not be confounded with the White Chasselas, 

 or Chasselas de Fontainbleau, which is sometimes mis- 

 called by this same name. 



3. BLACK CHASSELAS. Lindley, 



CHASSELAS NOIR of the French. 



BLACK MUSCADINE of the English. 



The bunches are the size of the White Muscadine ; the 

 berries are of a globular form, of a black color, and covered 

 with blue bloom; the flesh is rich, and of very good flavor, 



4. MUSK CHASSELAS. Duh. Bon Jard. 

 CHASSELAS MUSQ.UE. Bon Jard. Duh. 



The bunches are of medium size ; the berries are round 

 and of moderate size, of a green or greenish yellow color ; 

 the pulp is sweet, high-flavored, and musky. This variety 

 is rather later than the Golden and White Chasselas. 



5. RED CHASSELAS. Bon Jard. For. Lindley. 

 CHASSELAS ROUGE. Bon Jard. RED MUSCADINE. 



The bunches are of medium size, but very compact ; the 

 berries smaller than the White Chasselas, of a dark red 

 color, sweet, and of good flavor. Not so early as the 

 White Chasselas. 



