.NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPHS. 



large and weigh several pounds, the berries are also large and 

 ef an oval form, of a dark brown colour with a blueish bloom. 



Tanagos, a luxuriant species of vine with a large stem and 

 branches, and produces fruit in great abundance ; the clusters 

 frequently weigh from six to ten pounds, ;he berries are round 

 and of a brownish red colour, the skin is thin, the fruit though 

 watery, is of pleasant flavour and may be preserved a long 

 time ; this, as well as a large proportion of the Crimean 

 grapes, has the under side of the leaves downy. 



Pallas says, the grape is an indigenous production abound- 

 ing in the mountainous parts of the Crimea. 



There is a great variety of other foreign vines, whose cha- 

 racteristics being less known and not defined with sufficient 

 accuracy, I am unable at present to give details in regard to 

 them with the requisite precision, and therefore am compelled 

 to defer noticing them until they have been sufficiently tested in 

 my experimental vineyard ; I will, however, at the end of the 

 present work give a complete list of all I have under culture, 

 in order to afford those who' are desirous of an opportunity of 

 obtaining information from time to time, in relation to the merits 

 of any of the varieties, omitted at present to be described. 



Among the vines which may be deemed objects of parti- 

 cular interest and curiosity, one may be mentioned that is now 

 flourishing in the garden of Sir Joseph Banks, which was 

 obtained from a park near Berkeley, (England,) where young 

 shoots are found annually springing up among the grass from 

 old roots which still possess life, and which are the remains of 

 an ancient vineyard. The produce of this vine will be of 

 much interest, from its making known to us one of the kinds 

 of grapes planted in British vineyards in former ages, and it 

 is hoped the particulars on the subject will before long be 

 made public, as the vine has probably produced fruit ere 

 this. 



