NOMENCLATURE OF 





BLACK SWEET WATER. PR. CAT. No. 5. 



The bunches of this variety are short and closely set, and 

 it has small roundish berries, which are sweet and agreeable, 

 and ripen in September. I do not consider this a variety of 

 the chasselas, but I place it here in order that it may follow 

 the one before described, it being generally placed in connec- 

 tion with it. 



FRONTIGNAC, AND OTHER MUSCAT GRAPES, 



The grapes of this class are celebrated for their high musk 

 flavour, and are among the most estimable for the table. Some 

 of the varieties are used in particular districts of France for 

 sweet wines, and are also applied to a similar purpose in other 

 countries, as will be pointed out hereafter. 



In consequence of a higher value being set on the varieties 

 of the muscat in France, and they being also more rare in the 

 collections than most other kinds, greater inaccuracies, and 

 more deceptions have been experienced in the importation of 

 them, than in those of any other class. 



The epithet Apiana^ given to some grapes, and especially 

 to the muscats, seems to be intended more particularly to desig- 

 nate the varieties which the honey bees attack, as the word 

 appears to be derived from Apes, or Apium, bees. 



WHITE FRONTIGNAC. PR. CAT. No. 77. 

 Muscat blanc, Duh. 

 Muscat blanc de Frontignan. 

 Muscata bianca. 



Vitis apiana acino medio, subrotundo, albido, moschato. DUH. 



This is a highly esteemed grape for the table, the leaf is not 

 deeply serrated, but it is of a darker green, and more acutely 

 dentated, than that of the white chasselas. The five lobes 

 which divide it are unequal, the middle one being much broader 



