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able depth, and are bordered by large and unequal inden- 

 tures, and about the commencement of autumn their upper 

 surface is spotted with red and green, resembling Aleppo let- 

 tuce, and is also very slightly pubescent; the under side is 

 downy, which gives it rather a whitish appearance. The 

 clusters are from four to six inches in length, formed of rounded 

 berries of medium size, which have generally but one seed. 



On the same plant are produced white fruit, black or dark 

 violet fruit, and fruit of two colours, some of the berries be- 

 ing half of each colour, and others striped with greater or less 

 divisions of each. The variations are often found on the same 

 cluster, some bunches will be entirely black, others with a few 

 white berries, and other clusters will be almost entirely white, 

 having only a few dark violet or striped berries intermixed.- 

 Duhamel remarks, that the violet coloured bunches are more 

 sweet and pleasant, and possess more of a vinous flavour than 

 the white ones. I have not thought of noticing when eating 

 the fruit if this was the fact, but if so it may be readily ac- 

 counted for by the greater action of the sun on the coloured 

 berries, maturing them more perfectly. This grape is con- 

 sidered worthy of culture as an object of curiosity ; it is one 

 of the most hardy varieties, and ripens its fruit at New- York 

 the end of August or beginning of September, and would 

 without doubt mature its fruit at Boston, and probably for 

 some distance north of it. It is a good bearer, and the wine 

 made from it is good, keeps well, and imparts strength and 

 durability to those with which it is mixed, which is another 

 proof that it rightly belongs to the morillon or pineau class, 

 and not to the chasselas. 



WHITE ST. PETER'S. PR. CAT. No. 18. 



St. Pierre blanc. 

 Moscori. 



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This is a large and very handsome fruit, the bunches are large 

 and shouldered ; the berries of oval form, sufficiently distant 

 on the cluster to ripen well, and of excellent quality. 



