101 GKAPES. 



Precoce Blanc). Bunches of pretty good size. Berries 

 round, inclining to oval, and of medium size. Skin white. 

 Flesh rather richly flavoured, juicy and sugary. One 

 of the earliest grapes, ripening in a cool vinery in the 

 beginning of August ; and, in the open air, against a 

 wall, ifc is the earliest white grape. The vine is a most 

 abundant bearer, forms a handsome bush, and is well 

 suited for pot culture. 



EARLY SAUMUR MUSCAT (Muscat de Saumur ; Made- 

 leine Musque de Courtillcr ; Prccoce Musque). Bunches 

 rather compact. Berries medium sized and round. Skin 

 white, assuming an amber tinge towards maturity. Flesh 

 firm and crackling, rich and sugary, with a distinct, but 

 not strong, Muscat flavour. This is one of the earliest 

 grapes, ripening with the Black July, from seed of which 

 it was raised. 



The vine is an abundant bearer. It is an excellent 

 grape, and may be grown either in a cool vinery, or 

 against a wall in the open air. 



EARLY WHITE MALVASIA (Grove-End Sweetwater ; 

 Early Leipzic ; Morna Chasselas ; White Melier ; Hfelier 

 JBlanc Hdtif; Frilher Lelpziger ; Weisse Cibebe). 

 Bunches rather large, six to eight inches long, loose, 

 tapering, and occasionally shouldered. Berries large, 

 round, inclining to oval. Skin thin and transparent, 

 greenish-white, but becoming yellow at maturity, and 

 covered with white bloom. Flesh abundant, very juicy, 

 sweet, and with a rich flavour. Eipens in a cool vinery 

 about the end of August, and also against a walT in the 

 open air. 



The vine is an excellent bearer, and succeeds Veil when 

 grown in pots. 



ESPEBIONE (Cumlerland Lodge; Turner's Black; 

 Aspirant Noir; Espiran ; Chasselas Bleu de Windsor). 

 Bunches large and shouldered. Berries large, round, 

 and inclining to oblate. Skin dark blackish-purple, 

 covered with blue bloom. Flesh rather firm than tender, 

 juicy, sweet, and well flavoured,- but inferior to the 

 Black Hamburgh. 



This is avariety bearing a close resemblance to theFrank- 

 enthal. Its great recommendation is its ripening so well 

 out of doors against a wall, for which it is said to be better 

 adapted, and where it ripens better than the Black Ham- 

 burgh, and ten or fifteen days earlier. It is distinguished 



