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1 . Yellow unequal berries. 2. Red. 3. White-green, 

 musky. 



Var. 4. Moschata. Muscat Grape. Leaves 5 lobed, with 

 unequal segments and teeth, bunches long, grapes very 

 sweet and musky. 6 subvarieties. I.White. 2. Green. 



3. Yellow. 4. Red, rounder grapes. 5. Small black. 

 6. Black Constantia. 7. Persian. 8. Syracuse red. 

 9. Gray. 10. Lachryma Christi, black. 



Var. 5. Zibiba. Muscatel or Raisin Grape. Very large, 

 musky delicious flavor, pulp firm. Sev. var. 1 . White. 



2. Green. 3. As large as Walnuts, from Mount Atlas. 



4. Large white, from Syria. 5. Black, thick skin. 6. Red, 

 from Greece. 7. Malaga white. 8. Sicily white. 9. Dam- 

 son Grape, large purple like a Plumb. 



Var. 6. Malvesia. Malmsey Grape. Leaves like Mus- 

 cat, grape large, juicy, very sweet, not musky. 1. Ma- 

 deira purple, hard skin. 2. Sicily, purple, smaller. 



3. Yellow. 



Var. 7. Nigraria. Claret Grape, with thick black skin, 

 commonly a bloom on it, juicy pulp, not musky. Sub- 

 variety 1. Spanish. 2. Italian. 3. Calabrian. 4. Tripoli 

 large. 5. Lombard or Canaan, with large bunches of 4 

 to 10 lb. weight. 6. Claret Grape, small, juice red like 

 blood, taste harsh. 



Var. 8. Violacea. Purple Grape. Skin commonly thick, 

 austere, purplish, pulp firm not musky. 1. Violet color. 

 2. Light purple. 3. Spanish, a little juicy. 4. Small and 

 harsh. 5. Smyrna, very large. 



Var. 9. ^urea. Golden Grape. Leaves velvet-like 

 above, not lobed, glaucous beneath, berries yellow ob- 

 long, perhaps a peculiar species. 1. Burgundy. 2. Spanish 

 large. 3. Straw Grape, thick vinose juice, delicious per- 

 fume, makes the fine golden Straw Wine. 



Var. 10. Versicolor. Varied Grape. Leaves variegated 

 of red, yellow and green. 1. Grapes mixt of black and 

 white. 2. White and red. 3. Yellow and green. 4. Alep- 

 po black and white. Curious, but indifferent. Perhaps 

 var. of V. bicolor. 



Var. 11. Greca. Grecian Grape, glaucous or pale co- 

 lor, skin rather thick, very juicy, not musky, hardly 

 sweet. 2. Blanquette of France. 2. Medoc 3. Malaga. 



4. Cyprus. 5. Grecian bluish white. 6. White Hamburg. 



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