100 NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



VIOLET CORNICHON. PR. CAT. No. 23. 

 Cornichon violet. 



Vitis acino longissimo, cucumerformi, violaceo, fyc. 



The leaves are very large and but slightly lobed ; the ber- 

 ries are long, largest at the base, and somewhat curved at the 

 apex their length is in proportion to their average breadth, as 

 two and a half or three and a half to one. When quite ripe 

 they are in general entirely blue, but in climates where they 

 cannot perfect their maturity, they often remain green at the 

 base. The wine is harsh, and it needs a mixture wklff sweeter 

 grapes to render it agreeable. It ripens later than the preced- 

 ing ; the remarks, however, applied to that in respect to cli- 

 mate will also apply to this. 



Forsyth speaks of a variety with black berries, but there is 

 no such one in the French lists that have met my eye, or in 

 those of this country, nor do other English standard works of 

 late date enumerate it. 



It is said to be called in France Dedo-de-dame, and I notice 

 a grape under this title in the catalogue of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society, but they omit the Cornishon violet may 

 they not therefore be the same ? 



VERJUS. DUH. 



Bourdelas. 



Bordelais. 



Agyras. 



Grey. 



Gregoir. 



White verjus. 



Vitis acino mojor, ovato, e viridiflaveseentC) 4*c. DUH. 



The leaf of this grape is very large and slightly serrated. 

 The bunch is also very large, formed of many wings or divi- 

 sions ; the berries are oval, rather larger at the apex than at 

 the base, pretty closely set ; the skin is thick and very firm., 



