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Morillon Jaconne. Bradley, No. 2. according to the 

 Pom. Mag. 



Bunches short and thick. Berries small, roundish, 

 black, even-sized, and grow very close on the bunches. 

 Skin not thick, with a fine blue bloom. Flesh tender, 

 and filled with clear, very sweet, and high-flavoured 

 Juice. The Seeds are two, and small. 



The leaves distinguish this from almost every other 

 sort ; they are covered on both sides, especially in the 

 spring, with a cottony wool, or hoary down, which in 

 their young state is almost white ; hence the name of 

 the Miller 9 s Grape. 



It ripens perfectly on a south wall. 



The figure in the Pom. Mag., above quoted, is a very 

 excellent representation. 



The drawing was made from a bunch produced in the 

 Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, the plant of which 

 had been obtained from the remains of an ancient vine- 

 yard at Tortworth in Gloucestershire, fifteen miles from 

 Bristol, and was undoubtedly one of the sorts cultivated 

 formerly in that ancient place. 



SECT II. Red or Purple Fruited. 



23. CAMBRIDGE BOTANIC GARDEN GRAPE. Pom. 

 Mag. t. 21. 



Bunches from nine to ten inches long, sometimes with 

 a rather narrow shoulder. Berries closely set, very 

 even-sized, of a rather oval figure, deep purple, inclining 

 to brown. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, high-flavoured, and 

 very pleasant. Seeds two or three in each berry. The 

 leaves become of a bright crimson colour late in the 

 autumn. 



It ripens very well on a south wall, upon a dry bottom ; 

 but it deserves to be planted in the vinery, where the 



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