NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES, 



other variety. This has generally been considered so nearly 

 allied to the white chasselas, as not to differ from it in its 

 fruit j. it nevertheless is very distinct even in that particular, 

 the bunches, although similar in form, are much smaller and 

 more thinly furnished ; the berry not quite as large nor quite 

 as round. The growth is also far less strong and the pro- 

 duce much less abundant ; and in fact, it is a weaker plant 

 in all its parts, the size of the leaves being much less. The 

 colour of the fruit, flavour, and time of ripening, are how- 

 ever the same, although some consider the quality rather 

 inferior. Its period of maturity is from the 15th to the 20th 

 of September. Theie is a variety of the chasselas called 

 Ciotat in some French lists, whose leaves are not divided like 

 the above, and it is not therefore the genuine kind. 



Raisin dfeuille d'Ache, Duh. 

 Persillade de Bordeaux, Rczier. 



Vitis apiifolio, acino media, rotunda, rulro. Rozier. 



This is a sub-variety of the preceding differing only frortl 

 it in the red colour of its berries, and in its foliage more 

 closely resembling that of parsley. It is much more rare than 

 the former, and I have found great difficulty in obtaining it. 



WHITE SWEET WATER. PR. CAT. No. 4. 



Pareyl druyf of the Dutch. 



This has large round white berries, much resembling the 

 royal muscadine in appearance and taste, the skin and flesh 

 being delicate and juicy ; the berries on the side of the bunch 

 next the sun are often clouded with spots of a russet colour. 

 It is much esteemed, and ripens in September. I consider 

 this as a variety of the chasselas, and I should not be at all 

 surprised if it should be identified with one of the other cul- 

 tivated varieties, and probably with the white chasselas. 



