GRAPES. 



57. WHITE MELIE. Miller, No. 29. 

 Melier Blanc. Knoop, Fruct. p. 136. 



Berries middle-sized, somewhat of an oval figure, and 

 grow pretty close upon the bunches ; they are of a 

 greenish white, and covered with a thin white bloom. 

 Juice very sweet. 



It will ripen on a warm south wall, and is very good 

 for the purpose of making wine. 



58. WHITE MUSCADINE. Langley, p. 114. t. 35. 

 Kitt 9 p. 307. Miller, No. 10. Speedily, No. 27. 



Common Muscadine. Pom. Mag, t.18. 



Royal Muscadine. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 97 ac- 

 cording to the Pom. Mag. 



Early White Grape, from Teneriffe. Speedily, 

 No. 42. 



Bundles middle-sized, loose, with a broad shoulder, 

 occasionally acquiring considerable size ; but more fre- 

 quently, against a wall, of about six inches deep, and 

 four inches and a half or five inches across the shoulder. 

 Berries quite round, middle-sized, clear watery green, 

 when very ripe becoming a dull yellowish brown on the 

 most exposed places. Flesh firm, watery, and sweet ; 

 when well ripened acquiring a rich saccharine quality, 

 but at no time high flavoured. The leaves are middle- 

 sized, roundish, with an open base, slightly and regularly 

 lobed, quite smooth on each side, pale green, becoming 

 yellow late in the autumn. 



This ripens upon a south wall generally from* the 

 middle to the end of September ; and the bunches will 

 hang upon the vines, if the season be favourable, till the 

 beginning of November. 



The White Muscadine Grape of Langley, Hill, Mil- 

 ler, and Speechly, has always been considered to be the 

 one described as above. It is the most common and 

 the best known of any white grape in our gardens, in 

 consequence of its hardiness and productiveness, and 



