BQ NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 



speedily able to decide the point myself. English authors 

 describe it as distinct, and state that it has large oval berries 

 of an amber colour sometimes clouded with russet, with deli- 

 cate flesh, and full of vinous juice, that it bears well, is 

 highly esteemed, and forms pretty large bunches. 



MUSCAT D'ESPAGNE. 



This variety, which Duhammel puts down as a synonyme of 

 the white muscat of Alexandria, is enumerated in some French 

 lists as a distinct variety. I have it under culture, but I have 

 not yet sufficiently tested its merits to give an opinion in re- 

 gard to them, nor to prove it to be other than a synonyme. 

 In addition to those already described, the following varieties 

 are enumerated in French publications Muscat hatif, muscat 

 blanc-variete, muscat gris hatif, and muscat panacho, which 

 are considered as distinct varieties, and which I have conse- 

 quently imported, and now have growing in my vineyard, 



WHITE MALAGA. PR. CAT. No. 85. 

 White Muscadel ? 



The variety which is largely imported in jar under this 

 title, is different from the white muscat of Alexandria, parti- 

 cularly in flavour. The berries are very large and oval, skin 

 thick, flesh firm, and very pleasantly flavoured ; the bunches 

 grow very large. It does not ripen until October in this lati- 

 tude, and is therefore not suitable for open culture except fur- 

 ther south. 



I however saw this grape growing under open culture the past 

 season in the garden of Zebedee Cook, Esq. near Boston, with 

 a far greater appearance of attaining to perfect maturity than 

 I ever before witnessed in so northern a latitude, and I am 

 told one bunch actually matured its fruit. This success was 

 no doubt attributable to the excellent management and great 

 intelligence which were developed in the culture of the dif- 

 ferent representatives of the horticultural family which partook 

 of his fostering care. In his garden I saw also a round-ber- 



