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very brittle. Skin very thin, adhering so closely to the 

 flesh as to be inseparable when the fruit is eaten. Flesh 

 very firm and crisp, juicy, sweet, and nicely flavoured. 

 The berries are stoneless. 



This is a strong, vigorous-growing vine, and very 

 productive. 



Due DE MALAKOFF (Chasselas Due de Malakoff). 

 This is a form of the Sweetwater, and in all respects so 

 nearly resembles that variety that it is not worth keeping 

 distinct. From what I have seen of it, it sets as badly 

 as the Sweetwater, and produces a bunch with a few 

 large and a great many small berries. 



EARLY GREEN MADEIRA (Vert Precoce de Madere). 

 Bunches of good size, cylindrical, slightly compact. Ber- 

 ries medium sized, oval. Skin of a green colour, which 

 it retains till its perfect maturity, when it becomes a little 

 clearer, but still preserving the green tinge. Flesh with 

 a rich and sugary flavour. 



This is one of the earliest grapes, 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. It bears considerable re- 

 semblance to the Verdelho, but is said to be earlier than 

 that variety. I have not been able to examine the two 

 growing under the same circumstances. 



INGRAM'SHARDYPROLIFIC MUSCAT. Bunches long and 

 tapering, not shouldered, from nine inches to a foot in 

 length. Berries medium size, perfectly oval, and well 

 set. Skin quite black, covered with blue bloom. Flesh 

 moderately firm, juicy, sugary, and with a fine piquant 

 and rich flavour, having a faint trace of Muscat. 



This is an excellent hardy grape, and remarkably pro- 

 lific. The wood is very short-jointed, and the vine suc- 

 ceeds well in a cool greenhouse. It has all the appearance 

 of being a good out-door grape. 



JURA FRONTIGNAN (Muscat Noir de Jura). Bunches 

 long and tapering, very slightly shouldered, and larger 

 than those of Black Frontignan. Berries above medium 

 size, oval, and well set. Skin deep purplish-black, covered 

 with thin blue bloom. Flesh tender, very juicy, richly 

 flavoured, and with a fine, but not powerful, Muscat 

 aroma. 



This is a valuable grape. The vine is a prolific bearer ; 



