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NOMENCLATURE OP GRAPES. 



Gray, or violet oval grapes. 



359 Clarette rose, 360 Damas violet, 



362 Martinen. 



Gray, or violet round grapes. 



364 Grec rose, 369 Plant de la barre rouge, 



371 Ugne de Marseille. 



The following are also mentioned in French lists, as valu- 

 able table grapes. 



154 Blussard blanc, Pernan, 



155 Blussard noir, or Be- 261 Perlossette, 

 losar a gros grains. 57 Precoce blanc, 

 Perle rose, 370 Raisin de Genes, 



166 St. Antoine, 



With the fund of information furnished by the various 

 authors that have been enumerated as the basis, great advan- 

 tages are afforded to future experimentalists, to extricate the 

 history of the vine from a labyrinth of confused names, and 

 perhaps no means would be as effectual in attaining this end, 

 as critical examinations made by the members of the various 

 agricultural and horticultural societies which now every where 

 exist, of the kinds cultivated in their respective vicinities ; the 

 result would no doubt terminate in the formation of a correct 

 nomenclature, more particularly with regard to the most esti- 

 mable varieties. 



At present, we are very deficient in information, even in 

 regard to the native varieties of our own country, and the 

 number of valuable vines that have been brought to notice, 

 within the few years that attention has been paid to the subject, 

 as will be particularly detailed under the head of " American 

 Vineyards," prove that no historian bears witness of any clime 

 which was originally so rich in indigenous varieties, the result 

 of the spontaneous efforts of nature, unaided by the arts or 

 culture of man. 



