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of this variety have been grown to weigh 18 Ibs. The 

 leaves are very downy underneath. 



White Portugal. See White Lisbon. 



White Eaisin. See White Lisbon. 



WHITE RISSLING (Weisserltiessling}. Bunches small, 

 short, and compact, scarcely, if at all, shouldered. Ber- 

 ries round, or somewhat oblate. Skin thin, greenish- 

 white, and, when highly ripened, sometimes with a 

 reddish linge. Flesh tender, fleshy, and juicy, with a 

 sweet and agreeably aromatic flavour. 



This may be grown either in a cool vinery, or against 

 a wall in the open air. The vine is a great bearer, and is 

 very extensively grown in the vineyards of the Rhine 

 and Moselle. 



WHITE ROMAIN (Muscat Romain). Bunches below 

 medium size, and rather closely set. Berries medium 

 sized, oval. Skin thin, and so transparent that the seeds 

 can be seen through it; yellowish white, and with a thin 

 bloom. Flesh tender, very juicy, and sweet. An excel- 

 lent early grape. The wood is very short-jointed, and the 

 vine forms a small bush ; it is well suited for pot culture. 



Mr. Rivers introduced this variety, expecting it to be 

 a Muscat ; but when it fruited it was found not to be so, 

 and he,, therefore, adopted the present name. 



WHITE SWEETWATEK (Stillicard's Siveetwater; Dutch 

 Sweetwater -, Perle Blanche). Bunches rather above 

 medium size, shouldered, and very loose, containing many 

 badly-developed berries. Berries large and round. Skin 

 thin and transparent, exhibiting the veins of the flesh; 

 white, and covered with a thin bloom, and when highly 

 ripened streaked with traces of russet. Flesh tender, 

 very juicy, sweet, and with a fine delicate flavour. 



A well-known and excellent early grape, whose greatest 

 fault is the irregularity with which its bunches are set. 

 There is another Sweetwater, called, by the Dutch, Water- 

 zoet Witte, which is a very inferior variety to this. 



WHITE TOKAY. Bunches rather large and compact, 

 from nine inches to a foot long, and broad-shouldered. 

 Berries large and oval. Skm thin, pale coloured, but 

 assuming an amber colour at maturity. Flesh tender 

 and juicy, with a rich flavour. This, in the size of the 

 bunch and form and size of the berries, resembles Muscat 

 of Alexandria ; but the bunches are much more compact, 



