200 GRAPES. 



bunches would be larger, and the berries of a higher 

 flavour. 



This grape, although standing in a public establish- 

 ment like that of the Botanic Garden at Cambridge, 

 does not appear to have attracted any particular notice 

 until a few years ago. It is planted against a south 

 wall, in a department of the garden allotted principally 

 to compost soils and empty pots ; a place wholly unfre- 

 quented by visiters. 



I saw it for the first time in the beginning of July, 

 1815, and my attention was directed to it in conse- 

 quence of the forward state of its berries, which were 

 then as large as a full-sized marrow pea. In the Sep- 

 tember following I received a bunch of it from Mr. Biggs, 

 the curator, which corresponded fully with the one 

 figured in the Pom. Mag. I believe it to be wholly 

 distinct from any other grape in our gardens. How it 

 came into the garden there I could obtain no information. 



24. DAMSON GRAPE. Speedily r , No. 41. 

 Black Damson, of some Collections. 

 Damask Grape. Miller, No. 14. 



Hunches large, with short stiff shoulders. Berries 

 very large, oval, with short stiff footstalks, of a beautiful 

 purple colour, and grow very loose on the bunches. 

 The Juice, when fully ripened, has a sort of Damson or 

 Medlar-like flavour, which to some palates may be agree- 

 able. The wood is very strong, and the leaves thick 

 and succulent, more so than almost any other sort. ^ 



It ripens late, and requires a hothouse. 



25. GREY AUVERNAT. Miller, No. 33. 



Berries middle-sized, somewhat oval, and placed 

 thinner on the bunches than those of the Black Au- 

 vernat'; they are of a pale muddy colour, inclining to 

 brown, and contain a sweet Juice. 



It ripens on the common wall, and is well adapted to 

 the purpose of making wine. 



