140 .NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



ter, and never rots, even in that hot climate. It is not -a great 

 bearer; but if it is a seedling, it may change in that respect with 

 age. Mr. Herbemont has made wine from it, which resembled 

 Burgundy. This gentleman has also in his vineyard a grape 

 he calls the Lafitte, which was brought by General Wade 

 Hampton from the vineyards of Mr. Lafitte, and was then 

 stated to be the variety from which the claret bearing that title 

 is made. He has also a large white grape, which he calls Malm- 

 sey, not knowing its real name ; it is beautiful in appearance 

 and very excellent for the table, and it also makes supe- 

 rior raisins and never rots. Another white grape of very large 

 size, which he calls, for want of the real title, Bosc, after the 

 celebrated French professor of that name ; this has not suc- 

 ceeded as well with him as the others. Also an exquisite grape 

 that yields abundantly, and is green when ripe, which was 

 brought from France by General Davy, when he was our mi- 

 nister there. He has another he calls Deodata, which is a 

 very rich white fruit ; it came from the Luxembourg collection 

 with the one called Bosc, but the true names of both were 

 lost. 



LE MONASTEL, MOUNASTEOU, Dun. 



Vitisferacissima ; acinis nigris, cute crassd, foliis maximis, fyc. 



The fruit of this vine is mediocre in point of quality, as 

 well as the wine which is obtained from it. The vine is very 

 productive, but not of as great durability as the most part of the 

 vines cultivated in Provence, in consequence of which they 

 have established a proverbialism in the district where it is cul- 

 tivated, that " this vine makes the father laugh and the son 

 weep." I presume this description of Duhamel refers to the 

 vine called Mounesten in my catalogue No. 211, under which 

 title I received it from France. 



PLANT D'OOURUEOU, Dim. 

 Plant d'Auriol. 



Vitis uvd perampld ; acinis nrgris, maximis, densis, SfC^ 



leaves of this vine are almost entirely smooth, both 



