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the earliest of its race, and is well adapted for pot culture 

 in the orchard-house. 



KEMPSEY ALICANTE. Bunches six to eight inches long, 

 not shouldered, and rather thickly set. Berries very 

 large, from an inch to an inch and a quarter long, and 

 three quarters to an iL.th wide ; oval. Skin thick and 

 tough, of a deep blue-black colour at the apex when ripe, \ 

 but towards the stalk of a greenish-yellox, mottled with 

 dark purple. Flesh greenish, firm, sweet, and with a 

 fine aroma when fully ripe. Seeds generally one or two 

 only, but sometimes four. 4 



The berries, in size and colour, are more like plums. 

 The vine is a free grower, a good bearer, and requires a 

 high temperature to ripen the fruit thoroughly. The 

 foliage when young is very thin and tender, and covered 

 with a delicate down. This is a very late grape, being 

 fully three weeks or a month later than any other variety; 

 still it forces well, and may also be grown in pots. It 

 will hang till May. 



ELnevett's Black Hamburgh. See 'Blaclc Hamburgh. 



Krach Gutedel. See Early Chasselas. 



Laan EMf. See Scotch White Cluster. 



LADYDOWNE'S SEEDLING. Bunches shouldered, eight 

 to ten inches long, and rather loose. Berries above 

 medium size, ten-twelfths of an inch long and nine- 

 twelfths wide ; oval. Skin rather thick, tough, and 

 membraneous, reddish-purple at first, but becoming quite 

 black when Mly coloured, and covered with a delicate 

 bloom. Flesh dull opaline white, firm, sweet, and richly 

 flavoured, with a faint trace of Muscat flavour, but not 

 so much as to include it among Muscats. Seeds gene- 

 rally in pairs. 



This is a very valuable grape, and may be ripened with 

 the heat of an ordinary vinery. It forces well, and will 

 hang till the month of March without shrivelling or dis- 

 coloration of either berries or stalks. The vine is a 

 vigorous grower and an abundant bearer, seldom pro- 

 ducing less than three bunches on each shoot. I have 

 seen bunches of this grape ripened in August, hang till 

 March, and preserve all their freshness even at that late 

 season, when the berries were plump and delicious. 



Lashmar's Seedling. See St. Johns. 

 Lebanon Seedling. See Catawba. 



