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ing and late-hanging grape of little value, and requires 

 stove heat to ripen it. 



Cumberland Lodge. See Esperione. 



Currant. See Black Corinth. 



De Candolle. See Grcmier du Cantal. 



DUTCH HAMBURGH (Wilmofs Hamburgh}. Bunches 

 medium sized, compact, and rarely shouldered. Berries 

 very large, roundish-oblate, uneven and hammered. Skin 

 thick, very black, and covered with a thin bloom. Flesh 

 pretty firm, coarse, and not so highly flavoured as the 

 Black Hamburgh. It ripens in an ordinary vinery. 



Dutch Sweet water. Sec IVliiie Sweetwater. 

 Early Black. See Black Cluster. 



EARLY BLACK MUSCAT (Muscat Precoce d'Aout. Mr. 

 Rivers' description of this variety, which I have not seen, 

 is Berries below medium size, and round. Skin black. 

 Elesh rich and juicy, with a rich Erontignan flavour. 

 The vine is more robust in its habit than the August 

 Muscat, and the fruit ripens against a wall. This is 'one 

 of the seedlings of the late M. Vibert, of Angers. 



EARLY CHASSELAS (Chasselas^ Hdtif; Bar-sur~Aule ; 

 Israeli Gutedel). This is very similar to the Royal Mus- 

 cadine in general appearance, and has, therefore, been 

 frequently confounded with it ; but it is a very distinct 

 variety when obtained true, and is readily known by its 

 very firm crackling flesh, which is richly flavoured. The 

 vine may be distinguished by its small quantity of foliage, 

 which is somewhat hairy, and by the leaftstalk being 

 frequently warted. 



Early Leipzic. See Early White Malvasia. 



EARLY KIENZHEIM (Blanc Precoce de J&enzlieim $ 

 Precoce de Kienzheim). Bunches small, cylindrical and 

 well set. Berries about medium size, roundish-oval or 

 oval. Skin tender, white, and transparent, covered with 

 a very thin bloom. Flesh very tender and juicy, 'sweet 

 and pleasantly flavoured, like the Sweetwater. 



This is one of the earliest grapes known, and ripens in 

 a cool vinery from the beginning to the middle of August. 

 It will also succeed against a wall in the open air ; but, 

 of course, is not then so early. 



EARLY MALINGRE (Malingret Precoce de Malingre $ 



