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quite large and compact, with shoulders ; the berries are in- 

 clining to oval, are subject to crack in moist weather, and do 

 not keep well after fullj ripe. 



Bordelais or Bourdelas. — A very delicate grape that re- 

 quires a high temperature, and a long season to bring it to 

 maturity ; the berries are oblong, and the bunches are very 

 large. 



Muscat Blanc Hatif. — A grape by this name, lately re- 

 ceived as a new kind from France, has proved very Uke the 

 Chasselas Musque. I could discover no difference in the fruit 

 of the two ; the vine did not grow with the same vigor as the 

 Chasselas Musque, but this may have been owing to the situ- 

 ation. 



Black Tokay. — A wine grape. 



Alexandrian Ciotat. — The bunches are large ; the berries 

 are white, of an oval form, with a thin skin. This is a sweet 

 grape, but sets badly ; do not think it worthy a place in a 

 grapery, but it may prove valuable, for open culture, in the 

 southern states. 



Black Cluster. — The bunches and the berries are small ; 

 the latter vary in shape, — oval and round are usually found 

 in the same bunch ; they grow very close together, (as is the 

 case with all cluster grapes,) and often, by their own pressure, 

 burst the skin, causing rot, which soon spreads through the 

 whole bunch. 



Black July. — Very much like the Black Cluster. An 

 early variety. 



Miller's Burgundy. — The fruit is Hke the two preceding, 

 but it is distinguishable from the above by the white down on 

 its leaves, from the mealy appearance of which it has derived 

 its name. Of the three preceding varieties, Mr. Thompson 

 gives eighty-four synonymes, and adds two varieties as distinct : 

 the Scarlet-leaved Black Cluster, a wine grape of poor qual- 

 ity, and the Black Cluster, nice, which he represents as loose 

 growing. These three, the Black Cluster, the Black July, 

 and Miller's Burgundy, so far as the fruit is concerned, may 



