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the shoots must be renewed with these as in the first instance, 

 which will cause the formation, but with less rapidity than be- 

 fore, of a third set of shoots, from which will be developed a 

 third crop of clusters. These last it is better never to prune ; 

 and the fruit on them, which is but scanty, seldom attains to 

 maturity in high latitudes. 



A light and rich soil is preferable for this vine, and in 

 droug hts it would be better to irrigate it. To obtain the three 

 crops in this latitude, espalier or lattice trailing is indispensa- 

 bly necessary, accompanied by a southern exposure. 



In open field culture two crops only, and the second rather 

 indifferent in point of size, have been obtained from it, but 

 in the vicinity of Paris in the year 1825 this grape exceeded 

 all that had been anticipated from it ; vines trained in the es- 

 palier form gave an abundant crop fully ripe the 18th of 

 August ; a profuse second crop was at perfect maturity on the 

 20th of September, the fruit of which was larger and in 

 greater quantity than the first ; and at the same period the 

 berries of the third crop had formed, and the vines presented 

 a fourth crop of blossoms. The season being particularly 

 favourable, the latter ripened on the 30th of October ; they 

 were abundant, about the size of common peas, of good ap- 

 pearance, but slightly acid. Some writers have confounded 

 this with the Madeleine or Morillon hatif, but their only re- 

 semblance is in colour and early maturity. 



BLACK TOKAY. 



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 New black cluster. PR. CAT. No. 2. 



This grape I received from my esteemed friend the Hoii* 

 Jonathan Hunewell, of Boston, whose liberality and general 

 attainments in horticultural pursuits are so generally known 

 and appreciated. 



It is an exceedingly vigorous and productive variety, and 

 supports the cold better than most of the foreign kinds usually 

 cultivated, and cuttings planted in my nursery have formed in 

 a single season vines nearly or quite as large as those of ouv 



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