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period, including those ripening their grapes 36 to 40 days after 

 Chasselas. Fifth period, including those grapes which ripen later 

 than eight weeks after Chasselas. 



WHITE MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA. An oval white Muscat 

 grape. Season late ; will keep in good condition long after ripening. 

 Merits : medium to first class ; the most handsome and valu- 

 able table and drying grape in cultivation. Extensively cultivated 

 for raisins in Valencia and Denia, in Spain, and also in Southern 

 California and Australia. Vine : A short, rather straggling and 

 bushy grower, well adapted to short spur pruning, as it forms 

 rather a bush than a vine ; very free fruiting, but the bunches 

 sometimes set badly, except where local circumstances are favour- 

 able. Leaves of medium size, round, bright green above, light 

 green below, deeply lobed, somewhat wrinkled, commencing early to 

 decay, and becoming yellow round the edges. The leaf, stalks, or 

 pedicel and veins reddish ; young shoots a light green. Wood gray, 

 with darker spots, short jointed. The laterals produce a second, 

 and even, sometimes, a third crop. Fruit bunches very long, from 

 12 to 20 inches, loose, tapering, and often strongly shouldered ; a 

 somewhat shy setter. Berries very large, long ovate on stout stalks. 

 Skins rather thick, clear greenish yellow, or when highly ripened 

 pale amber, and sometimes with a flush of cinnamon where much 

 exposed. Flesh firm crackling, or fleshy, exceedingly sweet, rich, 

 and with a strong muscatel flavour. 



Cultural Notes. Although the vine is hardy and fruits freely 

 at an early age it is found to require a warm temperature and 

 drier atmosphere than most other varieties to set the berries 

 properly, and ripen the fruit thoroughly ; and on that account 

 rejected from general extensive cultivation, except where those 

 conditions prevail. Experience has proved it to be a safe vine to 

 grow in Western Australia from the latitude of the Murchison at 

 the North to that of the Murray and even beyond in favourable 

 locations. Affected by the oidium and anthracnose. 



MUSCATEL GTORDO BLANCO. So similar in many respects to 

 Muscat of Alexandria, that the one is sometimes confounded with 

 the other. A seedling of Muscat of Alexandria, much cultivated 

 in Spain ; the best type of raisin grape of Malaga. Fruit bunches, 

 a closer bunch than Muscat of Alexandria ; fruit sets better as a 

 rule ; berries rounder, a crease often found at the apex. Skin in- 

 clined to be a little darker in colour, and not nearly so green when 

 ripe. Flesh not quite so hard as Muscat of Alexandria. Thicker 

 and finer bloom than Muscat of Alexandria, which looses its bloom 

 very rapidly when you come to pack and dry them. Muscat of 

 Alexandria has to be dried a little more than 'Muscatel to bring it 

 into a keeping condition when in the same degree of ripeness. 



HUASCO. The Chili or Huasco raisin is said to be one of the finest 

 raisins in the world. They excel in sweetness and aroma, as well as 

 flavour ; their skins are thin and their seeds small. The colour is 



