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be considered the same ; they color early and rapidly, and, 

 Avhen perfectly black, are as sour as any one could wish ; by 

 hanging four or five weeks, they become very good ; but they 

 are so small, and require so much thinning, and usually hav- 

 ing five large seeds, that they can hardly be deemed worthy 

 a place in the grapery. 



H Black Prince. — The bunches are long, and often shoul- 

 dered ; the berries are oval, of a good size, and color well ; 

 this is a good grape, and hangs long after it is ripe ; it some- 

 times cracks ; the skin is thick, and, in this respect, is inferior 

 to the Black St. Peter's. 



^ Black St. Peter'' s. — The bunches are large, long, and 

 sometimes shouldered ; the berries color well, and have a thin 

 skin ; this grape also sometimes cracks. It hangs well after 

 it is ripe, and is, on this account, one of the most valuable 

 grown in the grapery. 



White Bual. — The bunch is compact ; the berries obovate, 

 white, and thick skinned. 



Knighfs Variegated Chassdas. — This is said to resemble 

 the Aleppo ; the bunches are loose, and the berries are round 

 and sweet, with a thin skin ; it is of second quality. 



H Chasselas, Rose or Violet. — This is a good grape ; in the 

 appearance of the bunch, and in every other respect but color, 

 resembling the Chasselas of Fontainebleau ; when ripe, it is 

 of a rich red, or rose color. 



II Chasselas de Bar Sur Auhe. — This grape has very large, 

 long bunches ; the berries are round, of medium size, and, 

 when fully ripe, of an amber color. "When pruned upon the 

 long-cane system, I have had bunches measuring fourteen 

 inches in length ; it seldom shoulders. 



H Chasselas of Fontainebleau and the White Chasselas 

 appear to be alike in every particular. They difier from the 

 above in the shape of the bunch, which is often shovildered. 



^ Royal 3fuscadine. — This grape, in respect to the size, 

 color, and flavor of the fruit, or berry, corresponds exactly 

 with the Chasselas de Bar Sur Aube, Chasselas of Fontaine- 



