198 GRAPES. 



harsh, rough taste : the leaves are of a beautiful bright 

 scarlet in the autumn, before they fall off. 



Mr. Speechly says he had this sort sent him from 

 Lisbon, and was assured of its being the grape from 

 which port wine is made. It does not appear, from his 

 account of it, that it deserves to be cultivated in this 

 country except as a wine grape. 



20. MALVOISIE. Speechly, No. 21. 

 Blue Tokay. Ib. 



La Malvoise. Bradley, No. 41. 



Malmsey Grape. Ib. 



Bunches about the size of those of the Black Cluster. 

 Berries small, of a somewhat oval figure. Skin brown, 

 covered with a blue bloom ; it is thin, and the Flesh 

 delicate. Juice rich and vinous. 



Requires a vinery. 



Bradley says it bears well, and though the berry is 

 small, it is extremely rich and high-flavoured ; that it 

 ripens early, and is so full of juice that he esteems it the 

 most melting of all grapes. 



21. SAINT PETER'S. Langley, p. 115. Speechly > 

 No. 43. 



Black Grape from Palestine. Ib. No. 44. 



Saint Peter's Black. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 128. 



Bunches pretty large and long, very generally with- 

 out shoulders. Berries pretty large, almost globular. 

 Skin thin, of a black colour. Flesh delicate, with a 

 very excellent and well-flavoured Juice. \ 



The berries, when subjected to a high temperature, 

 are very apt to crack, on which account it is not advis- 

 able to plant it in the forcing-house ; but for the vinery 

 it is a most excellent grape. 



22. THE MILLER'S BURGUNDY. Pom. Mag. t. 56. 

 Miller's Burgundy. Speechly, No. 23. 



Miller Grape. Miller, No. 5. 



Le Meunier. Chaptal, Tr. surlej^igne^ol. i. p. 169. 



