3o8 A T R E A T I S E O F 



The following forts all require walls. 



The brick^grape is as plentiful a bearer 

 as any I know, and will ripen againft a 

 wall any year, with proper order : the ber- 

 ries are of a fiefh colour ; their fkin thin, 

 but full of very fweet juice 5 they are of a 

 longifli fliape, but clofely placed to each 

 other on the bunches, which are but fmall, 

 and often grow three of them upon one 

 branch : the flioots are long and fmall, of 

 a pale colour ; the leaves, when young, are 

 meally, but in the autumn change to a dark 

 red, variegated with a pale yellow -, they 

 are not large, nor much indented on the 

 edges, but have always an uneven furface. 



The claret grape is v/ell known by its 

 juice, wdiich is four, and red as claret 5 the 

 leaves are large and of the fame colour. 



The black Spanifh or Alicant grape, has 

 very large bunches, and alfo large berries, 

 of a round fliape, but a little flat at the 

 end : when ripe they are of a dark brown 

 colour, thinly hung upon the bunches, 

 with fome quite green amongfl: them, but 

 the ripe ones have a pleafant tafte ; the 

 leaves and flioots are both large, and of a 

 red colour iu the autumn. It is a very 



e:ood bearer 



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