NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES; 75* 



EARLY WHITE MUSCADINE. PR. CAT. No. 3, 



Early sweet water, 



AugiLst sweet water, > Of American collections; 



White sweet water, j 



Chasselas mou ? 



Golden chasselaS, > f^ c 



de FonlainUeau,, Of some coll <=ction s . 



This is a round grape, with a thin skin, and of a delicate 

 flavour ; it is a great bearer, and resembles the white chasselas 

 in almost every respect, except that it ripens much earlier, be- 

 ing usually in perfection from the 20th to the end of August 

 in this vicinity, and in Massachusetts in September. It is re- 

 commended as particularly suitable for the country, and for the 

 more northern latitudes, where, with attention, it will be sure 

 to yield plentifully and regularly. In this latitude it needs no 

 winter protection, and is one of the most suitable grapes for 

 the purpose of supplying the city markets. I do not notice 

 this grape distinguished in the French descriptions, so as to 

 be assured of a correct application of the synonymes, and un- 

 less it be the Mornain or Morna-chasselas last described, it 

 must be synonymous with some other of the varieties of the 

 chasselas, but I venture the supposition that it is the same as the 

 preceding one. Some vines imported and sold among us un- 

 der the two latter titles among the synonymes, have proved to 

 be identically the same as our white muscadine. 



RED CHASSELAS. PR. CAT. No. 68. 

 Chasselas rouge, Duh. 



Vitis atino media, rotunda >, rubello. Duh. 



This is a sub-variety of the white chasselas : the bunch is 

 commonly of smaller size, composed of berries which are not 

 quite as large, and are slightly tinted with red on one side ; 

 those which are not exposed to the sun often remain a light 



