190 GRAPES. 



CHAP. VIII. 



GRAPES. 

 SECT. I. Black or blue fruited. 



1. ALICANT, Miller, No. 31. 



Black Portugal. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 120. 



Black Spanish. Speedily, No. 26. 



Gros noir d'Espagne. Bradley, No. 37- 



Teinturier. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 4. 



Bunches very long without shoulders. Berries of a 

 moderate size, somewhat oval. Skin thick, of a black 

 colour. Flesh soft, juicy, of an agreeable flavour. 

 Seeds uncommonly large. 



Requires a vinery. 



The leaves in the autumn are beautifully variegated 

 with red, green, and yellow. 



2. BLACK CORINTH. Langley, p. 114. t.4<6. fig. 1. 

 Miller, No. 3. 



Black Ascalon. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 49. 



Currant. Miller, No. 3. 



Raisin de Corinth. Bradley, No. 18. 



Zante, or Zante Currant. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 49. 



Bunches short and rather small. Berries small, 

 roundish, about the size of a pea, with a few much larger 

 ones intermixed, generally without stones, and much 

 clustered on the bunches. Skin thin, of a deep black 

 colour. Juice sugary, but without perfume. 



The fruit of this is brought to the extent of 6000 

 tons annually from the Ionian Islands, and sold in the 

 shops under the name of Currants. 



The Prince Cornato sent twenty plants of this grape 

 from Zante, in 1817> to Sir Herbert Taylor, for the 



