ripens in all seasons with certainty, and is the 

 earliest of all known varieties, except the Black 

 July Grape, or Maurillon Hatif of the French, 

 which is very inferior in quality. 



The LEAVES have three lobes ; they are deeply 

 cordate at the base, and covered on both sides 

 with more or less of a cobweb-like cottony wool, 

 by which the variety is easily known, and which 

 has given rise to its name of the Miller. 



The BUNCH is short and thick. The BERRIES 

 are roundish, black, even-sized, and very closely 

 serried. The SKIN is not thick, with a fine glau- 

 cous bloom. The FLESH is tender, and filled 

 with clear, very sweet, and high-flavoured juice. 

 The SEEDS are two, and small. 



