KINDS OF FRUITS. 297 



1. White sweet Water. 



This is the best early grape we have. The ber- 

 ries grow close on the bunch, are white, or rather 

 of a russet colour when ripe, round, large, and thin 

 skinned ; and are replete with an agreeable, sweet- 

 ish juice. An error, two common, prevails, of cut- 

 ting this grape ere it be fully ripe. Hence it is less 

 in repute than it deserves to be. 



2. Wlute Muscadine. 



The berries are of a moderate size, white, round- 

 ish, the skin thin, juicy and delicate ; the bunch 

 well formed, and moderately large. This grape is 

 also frequently cut before it be perfectly matured ; 

 but it is a good fruit, comes in early, and bears 

 abundantly. 



3. Royal Muscadine. 



This grape nearly answers in description to the 

 preceding, only that the bunches grow much larger, 

 and the wood and foliage a good deal stronger. 



4. Black Muscadine. 



The berries of this kind are black, round, and 

 juicy ; the skin is thin, the bunch of a moderate 

 size, and well formed. It is a plentiful bearer in 

 general. 



5. Black Frontinac. 



The berries are round, black, of a moderate size, 

 and of the most exquisite flavour^ as all the kinds of 



