206 GRAPES. 



38. SAINT AUGUSTIN GRAPE. G. Lind. Cat. 1815. 



Bunches pretty large, with moderately sized shoulders. 

 Berries of an unequal size and form : the large ones are 

 oval, obtuse at the head, and contain three or four seeds 

 each ; the middle-sized are round, and contain one or 

 two seeds ; the small ones are round also, .and are with- 

 out seeds. Skin rather thick, deep red or purple, 

 covered with a blue bloom. Flesh firm, with a sweet 

 and rather musky Juice. 



It requires a vinery, or perhaps a stove. 



In the autumn of 1794, I observed a vine growing 

 against the south side of a house, in the parish of Saint 

 Augustin, near the gates, in Norwich. A few of the 

 bunches were then pretty ripe, and some of the largest 

 berries measured three inches and three quarters in cir- 

 cumference. This tree, which is the original one in this 

 country, was imported from Spain about fifty years ago, 

 by a Mr. Lindoe, a manufacturer, of that city, and planted 

 against the house of Benjamin Cogman, which is now 

 (1830) inhabited by his son, and where the tree is still 

 growing. I have not yet seen this fine grape under 

 glass ; but I expect ere long to give some account of its 

 merits, when grown under a higher temperature. 



39. VARIEGATED CHASSELAS. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. 

 p. 259. 1. 16. 



Bunches rather long, without shoulders. Berries 

 rather small, of a round figure, hanging loose upon the 

 bunches. Skin very thin, of a bluish violet, wher 

 shaded ; but where exposed, of a deep purple. Flesh 

 tender, with a very saccharine Juice, and of a pretty good 

 flavour. 



It has ripened at Downton Castle, where it was raised, 

 and an account of it sent to the Horticultural Society, 

 Feb. 4. 1812. It sprang from a seed of the White 

 Chasselas, impregnated with the pollen of the Aleppo : 

 the leaves are variegated in the autumn with red, 



