GRAPES. 



Raised some years ago by John Williams, Esq. in his 

 garden at Pitmaston, near Worcester. 



42. BOURDELAS. Duhamel, No. 13. 

 Bourdelais. Ib. 



Burdelais. Miller, No. 10. 



Bunches very large, weighing sometimes five or six 

 pounds. Berries large, of an oval figure, growing very 

 close upon the bunch, and containing generally four 

 seeds. Skin nearly white, approaching to yellow as the 

 berries become ripe. The Flesh is hard and the Juice, 

 unless well ripened, too austere to be palatable. 



It would require a hothouse to bring this to perfection; 

 but its merits are not sufficient to deserve its being cul- 

 tivated in this country. 



The French have two other kinds of Bourdelas ; one 

 with red fruit, and the other black. In untoward sea- 

 sons, they press them for verjuice. 



43. CIOTAT. Speechly, No. 45. 

 Parsley-leaved. Ib. 



Ciotat. Duhamel, No. 5. t. 2. 



Raisin d'Autriche. Ib. 



Parsley-leaved Muscadine. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 39- 



Bunches nearly the size of the White Muscadine. 

 Berries round, white, of a middling size, with a thin 

 Skin, and a delicate juicy Mesh, which is very sweet, 

 but not 'highly flavoured. The leaves are finely divided, 

 wholly different from any other. sort. 



It will ripen pretty well on a south wall, in a wjirm. 

 season ; but the bunches are larger, and the berries 

 much better flavoured, in the vinery. 



Miller says it was originally brought from Canada, 

 where it grows wild in the woods. This is probably a 

 mistake, which may have arisen from Cornutus having 

 inserted it in his work* It was cultivated here by John 

 Tradescant, jun., in 1656. 



