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red, green-, and yellow. This grape is rarely cultivated 

 near Boston, except under glass, 



65. ALEXANDRIAN CIOTAT. Hort. Sac. Cat 

 The bunches are long ; berries oval ; white or yellowish 



white ; the skin is thin ; pulp sweet r of excellent flavor. 

 The fruit sets irregularly, and requires a vinery. 



66. BLANCHE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



The bunches are large ; berries o?al ; pale green ; the 

 skin is thin; pulp sweet, of excellent flavor. It requires a 

 vinery or wall, according to Thompson, and ripens early. 



67. WHITE SWEETWATER. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



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The bunches are open, with strong footstalks \ berries 

 Jarge, round, of a white color, sometimes obscured by rus- 

 set next the sun ; skin thin., juice saccharine, and of excel- 

 lent flavor. According to Mr. Thompson, it is apt to set 

 badly, especially if the vines are old. Near Boston it ripens 

 well, but only in favorable situations, or protected by a wall. 



68. RISSLING, WHITE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 Celebrated as a wine grape ; as such in high estimation 



on the Rhine. The bunches are compact; berries round > 

 greenish white ; skin thin - T puJp sweet and excellent. It 

 requires a wall. 



69. TRAMINER, IlED. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



A much-esteemed wine grape. It requires a walL 

 Bunches compact j berries pale red, roundish oval ; skin 

 thick ; flavor sweet, aromatic, excellent. 



42. VERBAL. Mr.Neill B&n Jard. 



VERIKELHO. Ib. Bon Jard. p, 367. 



The vine grows vigorously ; it is remarkably productive ; 

 the bunches are variable in size, but beautiful ; the ber- 

 ries are oval r of a fine amber color, of a very rich, saccha- 

 rine taste and good flavor. Much cultivated in Languedoc, 

 and there called Verdal. It was brought from thence to. 

 Paris, where it is highly esteemed as the best and sweetest 

 of all dessert grapes ; but it there requires a warm sum- 

 mer and the best exposition to bring it to maturity, when 

 the bunches become beautiful, the berries large, each con- 

 taining two seeds. This is the Verdellio grape of Ma- 

 deira, of which Madeira wine is principally made. 



