GRAPKS. 



nearly black, and covered with a blue bloom. Flesh 

 tender. Juice sugary, and well-flavoured. 



Requires a vinery. 



This very valuable grape was brought into England 

 by Mr. Warner, who had his garden at Rotherhithe 

 in 17^4. Hence it is sometimes called the TVarner 

 Grape. It is a great bearer, and its bunches, although 

 not large, are always perfect, and regularly formed. In 

 the autumn the leaves are mottled with green and 

 yellow. 



7. BLACK LISBON. Speedily^ No. 46. 

 Bunches large and well shouldered. Berries large, 



globular. Skin thin, of a black colour. Juice plen- 

 tiful, of a pretty good flavour. 



Requires a vinery or hothouse. 



Mr. Speechly is the only authority we have for this 

 grape ; he says the bunches are shouldered not unlike 

 the Black Hamburgh, that it is a pretty good fruit, and 

 (1790) but little known in this country. 



It has been said by some to be the same as the Black 

 Spanish, or Alicant. Its regularly shouldered bunches, 

 and its globular berries with thin skins, determine it at 

 once to be a wholly different sort. 



8. BLACK LOMBARDY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 82. 

 West's St. Peter's. Ib. 



West's Black St. Peter's, of some Collections. 



Bunches long, with large shoulders. Berries large, 

 round, and of an even size. Skin thin, of a very black 

 colour when fully ripe. Juice plentiful, of a very high 

 flavour. Seeds very small. Wood short-jointed. Eyes 

 prominent. Leaves rather small, smooth, shining un- 

 derneath, and deeply serrated; they turn to a purple 

 colour as the fruit becomes ripe. 



Requires a hothouse. 



Mr. Oldacre has given a very good account of this 

 grape, which he thinks is but little known. He always 



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