THE CULTURE OP THE GRAPE. 115 



VARIETIES OF GRAPES FOR GENERAL PLANTING. 



For planting, I would recommend the different varieties of 

 tlie Black Hamburgh grape as the best for the greatest num- 

 ber of vines. 



The Grizzly, the White and the Black Frontignan are all 

 admired by those persons who like the Muscat flavor ; they 

 are liable to shrivel, and are more delicate than other grapes, 

 and do not keep well when ripe ; the Grizzly is the earliest of 

 them. 



The Muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape ; it does 

 not set well under glass, and requires artificial impregnation ;* 

 it is a firm-fleshed or breaking grape, and, when well ripened, 

 cannot be exceeded in richness. 



The Tottenham Park and the Canon Hall Muscat are very 

 like the above, but they are not so high flavored ; they set the 

 berries better. 



Portuguese Muscat is like the three above, but is more 

 highly musk flavored. 



Chasselas de Bar Sur Aube is a fine white grape, and a good 

 bearer. 



Pitmaston White Cluster has rather small berries, but is 

 very early and good. 



Syrian, white, has very large bunches, sometimes weighing 

 twenty pounds. 



Verdelho is a small oval white grape, very good, and a 

 great bearer. 



Black Lombardy and the St. Peter's (Black,) are late 

 grapes, and will hang a long time after they are ripe. 



The list of grapes annexed will enable any one to select 

 such sorts as his taste may dictate. 



For a cold house, I would recommend the following, and in 



* Otis Johnson, Esq., of Lynn, a successful cultivator of the grape, the past j'ear, 

 allowed the shoots of this variety to grow at random until the fruit was swelling, 

 and he thinks the result of the experiment was favorable : the fruit set remarkably 

 well. 



