' 4 NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 



acknowledge, that I have never seen any near that weight ; iu 

 fact, if the bunches average one, to one and a quarter pounds, 

 they are considered of fair size, and from one and a half, to 

 two pounds, is considered large ; and it takes a very good 

 sized cluster to be of the latter weight. 



MORNAIN BLANC, Dun. PR. CAT. No. 75, 



Meslier, and sometimes Melier. 

 Morna chasselas. 

 Blanc de Bonnelle. 

 White Mornain. 



Yitis, uva longiori, acino rufescenti et dulci. 



This grape greatly resembles the white chasselas in the 

 bulk and shape of the bunch and the number of the berries ? 

 which are very round, not crowded, and of a pale yellow 

 colour. They become of a russet hue on the sunny side in 

 the same manner, and the pulp is sweet and of pleasant 

 flavour. In fact, it is called the chasselas in some districts 

 of France. It is not subject to the blight or coulure, and 

 is found profitable to plant as a wine grape, particularly in 

 vineyards for white wines. It is also justly considered a fine 

 early table grape, and ripens well even in the north of France. 



Duhammel states, that there is a marked difference between 

 it and the chasselas, particularly in the foliage ; the leaves 

 are pale green on the surface, whitish and slightly downy 

 beneath, and are divided into five pretty deeply divided lobes, 

 which are very crenate. It ripens in August. 



It is my opinion that this grape now exists in different col- 

 lections in this country, and in a number in France, under the 

 title of the true chasselas, and that it is from this cause so 

 much confusion exists as to a proper arrangement of the sy- 

 fionymes of these varieties. 



