NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 87 



ried variety he had received from Malaga with the fore- 

 going. 



RED MALAGA. 



Red Mascadel.Pn. CAT. No. 90. 

 Red Smyrna. 



Of this variety we have latterly had considerable importa- 

 tions from the Mediterranean in a fresh state, packed in jars. 

 The vines are also cultivated in our collections, but in this vi- 

 cinity the fruit can very rarely attain to maturity, as the period 

 of ripening is not until October ; the berries are exceedingly 

 large, of along oval form, the skin thick, flesh solid, the taste 

 and flavour sweet arid pleasant; the foliage is particularly 

 marked, with reddish veins and tints. This is considered by 

 some persons to be the same as the red muscat of Alexandria, 

 but as it has not a high musk flavour, I doubt the accuracy 

 of that supposition. I think it is probably, however, the same 

 as the red muscadel and raisin grapes of the English authors, 

 and the red Smyrna grape described by them is also no doubt 

 the same fruit. 



Speechly says the berries of the red muscadel are large, 

 oval, and of a beautiful red colour, and the skin thick and 

 flesh hard, similar to the raisin grape. He also states that 

 the bunches often weigh six or seven pounds, and are most 

 elegantly formed of berries of an equal size, and that the 

 leaves change in autumn to beautiful red and green shades. 

 This description agrees with my own observations, except that 

 I have not seen bunches weighing over three to three and a 

 half pounds. 



MUSCADEL. 



Under this head are described by English authors three dis- 

 tinct varieties, the white, red, and black. I consequently im- 

 ported them, and have them now under culture in my collec- 

 tion ; but believing that they will prove to be synonymous with 



