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of good quality ; clusters large and showy ; requires high 

 temperature to ripen. 



Decorfs Superb. Bunches of good size, and handsome; 

 berries of a frosted-amber color, and of good size, of sec- 

 ond quality, and ripening unevenly. Sahibee is supposed 

 to be identical with this. 



Dutch Sweet-water. Bunches well shouldered, and of 

 medium size; berries large, amber, transparent, oval ; skin 

 tfyin ; a good early white grape of the Chasselas class. 



Duchess of Buccleugh. A new grape, said to be a 

 cross between Chasselas Musque and a Muscat, and of 

 the highest flavor; bunches large and long, tapering, 

 slightly shouldered; is early, bears well, and does not 

 crack. 



Esperione. Clusters very large, heavily shouldered ; 

 berries small, black, with a fine bloom; sprightly sub- 

 acid ; of second quality. 



Foster's Seedling. Exhibited in England in 1865, and 

 described as having large bunches ; berries medium, of a 

 pale-amber color; flesh juicy, luscious, and refreshing, 

 equalling the flavor of Lady Downes, and, like it, hanging 

 without shrivelling. 



Frontignan, Black (Black Coristantia). Bunches long, 

 tapering, slightly shouldered, below medium size ; berries 



