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GRAPES. 



14. BLACK SWEET WATER. Speechly, No. 17. 

 Bunches small, close, and short. Berries small-, 



round. Skin thin, of a black colour. Juice very sweet, 

 with but little perfume. 



This ripens on a common wall, and is but seldom 

 introduced under glass. 



15. CLARET GRAPE. Speedily, No. 31. 

 Blood Grape. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 43. 

 Bunches small. Berries very closely set, small, black, 



of a somewhat oval figure. The Juice is of a blood red 

 colour, and of a harsh taste, unless the berries are highly 

 matured. The leaves change to a russet red early in 

 the summer, and die of a deep blood colour in the 

 autumn. 



It ripens pretty well on a south wall. 



The branches of this, like those of the White Sweet- 

 water, are very short-jointed. It is very tender when 

 in blossom: on that account the bunches are seldom 

 perfectly formed, and always contain numerous small- 

 sized berries among the larger ones. 



16. EARLY BLACK JULY. Langley, t. 47. f- 3> 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 17. 



Madeleine. Ib. 



Madeleine noire. Ib. 



Maurillon hatif. Ib. 



Morillon hatif. Duhamel, No. 1. 



Raisin precoce. Ib. 



Raisin de la Madeline. Ib. \ 



Bunches small. Berries small, round, of a black 

 colour, and generally thin upon the bunches. Juice 

 sweet, with but little perfume. 



It ripens early on a south wall ; but being tender 

 when in blossom, it seldom produces a fair crop. 



17. ESPERIONE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 93. t. 2. 

 Hardy Blue Windsor. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 57. 

 Turner's Black. Ib. 



Bunches handsomely shouldered, and differing little 



