138 NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



LACHRYMA CHRISTI. 



Lacrima ChristL Raisin de Vtsuve. 



This is the variety that produces the celebrated wine, which 

 bears the first title given above. The famed vineyards which 

 produce it are planted on the volcanic remains, composed of 

 the residuum of the lava which has for ages flowed from the 

 crater of the celebrated volcano of Vesuvius, after having been 

 decomposed by subterranean fires. I am not acquainted with 

 the particular character of the fruit, and it is only during the 

 present year that I have been able to procure genuine vines of 

 it. It is said that the vine is a native of and peculiar to 

 Naples. 



A neighbour of mine has a vine which he received from 

 Austria under this title, that produced fruit the summer of 

 1828 ; the berries were of a black colour. My own vines, which 

 were received from a different and much more direct source, 

 have not yet produced fruit. 



RED MALMSEY. PR. CAT. No. 27. 



Malvoisie rouge a" Italic. Malvoisie rouge du Po. 



Red Italian malmsey. 



This is a vine of most vigorous growth and flourishing ap- 

 pearance ; the fruit is dark red, of round form and suitable 

 for wine, and is also considered a valuable table grape. 



WHITE MALMSEY. PR. CAT. No. 26. 

 Malvoisie blanc du Po. Merrisie 1 



This grape is white and of an oval form. It is placed 

 among the wine grapes in the French collections, but I pre- 

 sume will be also deemed worthy of cultivation among our 

 table varieties. It has been much used in some districts for 

 making wine, and mingling in vineyards with other varieties. 

 The grape described as the Malmsey muscadine, or Malvoisie 



