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NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



rather oval form, which ripens with me about the 20th of Sep- 

 tember. It is from the department of Dordogne (France,) and 

 I am not yet certain whether it is distinct from the variety 

 called Navarre, (see Cat. 158) in the department of Landes. 



LEHRMANN. PR. CAT. No. 159. 



The fruit of this variety is round, and of a purple colour, 

 and the vine is very prolific. 



EPICIER. PR. CAT. No. 190. 



Spicier grosse espece. Large epicier. 



This variety has round fruit of a purple colour, and ripens 

 here from the 15th to the 20th of September; there is a va- 

 riety with smaller fruit ; both are from the department of Vienne 

 in France. 



GRAY TOKAY. 



White Tokay. Pn. CAT. No. 144. Tokai, Duh. 

 Tokai gris de Hongrie. Tokai blanc. 



Hungarian Tokay. 



Vitis uva pawd, acino rotundo, minima, rubescenti. 



The appellation gray, being most appropriate as con- 

 veying a more correct idea of the real appearance of the fruit, 

 I have here adopted it in preference to the specific term white, 

 by which it is most generally designated in this country. 

 Duhamel distinguishes it by the single term Tokai, thereby 

 conveying the idea of its being the one so termed par excel- 

 lence and in preference. The leaves of this vine are rather 

 deeply five lobed, and bordered with large teeth, their upper 

 surface is very smooth, and the under side is covered with a 

 slight whitish down. The bunch is about three to four inches 

 in length, and is formed of small berries of a rounded ovate 

 form, and of a grayish red hue. The flavour is rather plea- 

 sant and saccharine, and it is used by some persons as a table 

 fruit. It is this grape which is said to form the largest propor- 



