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BLACK CAPE. PR. CAT. No. 42. 



I saw this grape in great perfection in 1828, in the garden ot" 

 Samuel G. Perkins, Esq. near Boston. It was on the 9th of 

 October, and the fruit was then not quite ripe, the vine being in 

 open culture ; the bunches were very large and shouldered, 

 some of the largest which the vine had produced, weighed 

 two pounds. A shoot which one of the vines had made in 

 1827, produced about fifty bunches in 1828. The berries 

 varied a great deal in size part of them were the largest I 

 had ever seen, and resembled good sized plums, others were 

 not above two-thirds, and some but half the size of the largest ; 

 the taste and flavour of the fruit were very pleasant. The 

 vines, though large, were regularly covered during the winter 

 months, as is in fact the course pursued at Boston in regard 

 to nearly all foreign kinds. 



This vine was originally brought in a tub from the Cape of 

 Good Hope without any name, but from the circumstance of 

 its origin, received the above title. It bears an affinity in 

 several respects to the black Damascus and Morocco, and may 

 possibly prove a synonyme of one or the other. It may justly 

 be deemed a most valuable acquisition to our stock of vines. 



NORTON'S LARGE OVAL PURPLE. PR. CAT. No. 48. 



I received this valuable grape from Dr. Norton, of Rich- 

 mond, a gentleman distinguished for his general knowledge 

 in horticultural pursuits, and particularly so in regard to the 

 vine. He remarks that its fruit is decidedly the finest he had 

 ever seen, and that his French friends say that they have never 

 seen better in any part of Europe. He also states that the 

 vine resists more than is usual, the influence of frost and the 

 variation of the weather during the winter season. 



This vine was received by Mr. Wickham, from London, 

 and is therefore, without doubt, known there under another 

 name". 



