Choice of Fines. 47 



SEVENTH PERIOD 31^ October in the South ^ do not mature in the lati- 

 tude cf Paris. 



COLORED GRAPES. 



Danugue. Large berries; reddish black; juicy; bunches very large; 

 needs trellising ; yields, in abundance, a weak, light colored wine ; light 

 soils. 



Pocket Grape. Trellis vine ; very hardy, good grapes ; berries red and 

 round, the size of a hazel-nut, so hard that they may be carried in the 

 pocket without mashing ; not very sweet, and will keep a long time. 



WHITE GRAPES. 



Common Paunch. Large bunches ; berries long, firm, and large ; good 

 as table grapes, and keep well ; white wines of good quality ; strong, hardy 

 vine, producing largely in good soils ; needs training and little pruning. 



Musked Paunch. Berries very large, oblong, firm, and pointed at the 

 end ; sweeter than the foregoing ; apt to blight ; needs training and little 

 pruning ; good table grape, fresh or dried. 



Spanish Paunch. Large berries ; round seeds ; very sweet ; fine skin. 



Currant. Berries very small, and without pulp ; needs training and 

 little pruning. 



Gherkin. Berries very large and curved, white ; productive in good soils ; 

 needs training and little pruning. 



White Olivette. Berries olive shaped, but smaller; taste flat; keeps 

 better than the others. 



LIST OF AMERICAN GRAPES. 



[The number of varieties of grapes that are now being in- 

 troduced into cultivation, more or less generally, is becoming 

 so extensive, that it is high time some one should undertake 

 to reduce them to order, by adopting a system of classifi- 

 cation. 



This, however, will be a difficult task. Even the botanists, 

 who observe the peculiar traits of the native vines, are not 

 agreed as to the number of distinct species that exist within 

 our borders. Our American authority, on such matters, is Dr. 

 Asa Gray, who makes four species, the LABRUSCA, ^ESTIVALIS, 

 CORDIFOLIA, and VULPINA, all of the genus Vitis proper. Be- 



