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NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



others described, I have withheld distinct descriptions of them, 

 and have placed them as synonymes where I think they belong ; 

 the descriptions given of them by English authors are ex- 

 ceedingly indefinite. 



WHITE RAISIN GRAPE. LANGLEY POM. 



This, and the red raisin grape of English authors, doubt- 

 less refer to the varieties of the Malaga grape used in making 

 raisins, and are very probably synonymous with two of the 

 varieties under the preceding head ; for to all reasonable 

 intents, the titles of Malaga, Muscadel, and Raisin grape, 

 refer to the same fruit, and probably are so ; the black raisin 

 grape appears, however, to refer to a different variety. 



AUGIBERT NOIR. 



Black raisin, Loudon. 



Mr. Loudon places the black raisin grape described by 

 Forsyth, as synonymous with the augibert noir, and as that 

 author is celebrated for the accuracy of his descriptions, it may 

 justly be deemed to be correct. The augibert noir I have in 

 my collection, it is a dark coloured oval grape. 



Mr. L. mentions that it is large and has a thick skin. 

 Forsyth states, that the black raisin grape has large black oval 

 berries, and that the flesh is firm and Speechly gives it the 

 same characteristics as the two authors previously referred to, 

 and adds, that it forms long handsome bunches. I do not 

 consider it a grape calculated to succeed north of the Potomac. 



