.NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 9 



it ripens at the end of September, or beginning of October, 

 but will not last long. 



WHITE CORNICHON. PR. CAT. No. 22. 



Cornichon blanc, Duh. 

 Crochu of Provence. 

 Pisutelli of Marseilles. 

 Cucumber grape. 

 Finger grape. 

 White girkin. 



Vitis acino longissimo, cucumerformi^ albido. DUH. 

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The leaf of this is large, and so little serrated that it ap- 

 pears almost entire, but it is bordered with large and pointed 

 teeth ; the bunch does not contain a great many berries, and 

 these are fourteen to nineteen lines in length, and but six lines 

 in diameter in their largest part, which is rather nearer the 

 summit than the base. These berries are of a very peculiar 

 form ; they are curved like a cucumber, diminishing in size 

 towards the peduncle and much more at the other extremity, 

 without however terminating in an acute point. The skin is 

 hard, covered with a bloom, and is of a clear green or whitish 

 hue, which becomes a little yellow at perfect maturity. In 

 each berry are one or two seeds terminated by a point. 



The singular form of this grape, and its pleasant taste 

 would cause it to be much sought for if it ripened better in 

 the colder latitudes ; but in that of Paris it only ripens occa- 

 sionally when very hot seasons occur, and where the situation 

 is very favourable. For the same reason it sometimes fails in 

 this vicinity, and it is only further south that it can be culti- 

 vated with full success. A red or violet variety is mentioned 

 by Duhamel, but I presume he referred to the following, 

 which until latterly was but little known. 





