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NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 



green. It ripens rather later than the white, being at maturity 

 about the 20th to 25th of September. 



WHITE MUSK CHASSELAS. PR. CAT. No. 69. 



CHasselas musqu, Duh. 



Vitis acino medio, rotunda, albido, mosehaio. Duh. 



The leaf of this is of less size, and of a deeper green than 

 that of the white chasselas ; it is also less deeply lobed, but its 

 border is more acutely indented. 



The bunch and the berries are nearly of the same size as, 

 the white variety, and the latter are rather more closely set and 

 usually contain two seeds, which are small and gray ; the skin 

 also much resembles the white in its firmness, but is not crisp 

 and crackling like the Muscat ; the colour of the berry is yel- 

 lowish white, and the pulp is white approaching to green, 

 with abundant juice, which is sweet and musky. It ripens at 

 the end of September, and is considered superior to both the 

 white and red varieties. If it is inferior to the white muscat, 

 it has the advantage of earlier maturity, and will consequently 

 succeed where that will not. 



YELLOW CHASSELAS OF THOMERY,PR. CAT. No. 71. 

 Chasselas de Tomery. 



This grape is round, and of a yellowish colour when ripe, 

 it is high flavoured and much esteemed as a table fruit, and 

 ripens in September. Although several French authors of 

 celebrity place this distinct from the white chasselas, I will 

 not undertake to say that it is so, until I have more fully 

 tested it. 



CHASSELAS GUIS. PIROLLE. 

 Gray cJtasselas. 



Mr. Pirolle mentions having discovered in the garden of M. 

 Deschiens at Versailles, a superb large fruited variety of the 

 chasselas, round, of equal size, of a fine gray colour, with the 



