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aroma and flavour alone possessed by the black and true currant. 

 The absence of pips in currant grapes is due to a malformation of 

 the floral organs. 



TABLE GRAPES. 



MADELEINE NOIR (syn. Early Black July). A round black 

 grape. Season, first early. Merits : valuable only on account of 

 its earliness. Vine, free and vigorous in growth and prolific. 

 Bunches small and compact. 



QUICK'S EARLY (South Australia, apparently Foster's seedling). 

 Very early grape. Berries larger and with a thicker skin than 

 Shiraz. Ripens about Christmas time. Vines not vigorous 

 bearers, require long pruning. 



EARLY MADELEINE (syn. Madeleine Augevine). Vine a 

 vigorous grower, bursts into leaf and blossoms early, and for that 

 reason unsuitable for frosty localities. Suitable for either eating or 

 wine-making. Prune half -long or long. Leaf medium, deeply 

 lobed, somewhat woolly below. Bunches medium size, fairly 

 compact and not always well set; berries medium, oblong, greenish 

 white, turning to golden when ripe. 



GREEN'S EARLY (S.A.). Very early, Christmas. Small 

 bunches, berries closely set. Fruit : bunches rather long and loose, 

 and sometimes set badly as the flowers are delicate. Berries small 

 round. Skin, rather thick, deep purple, with a fine bloom. Flesh, 

 sweet and juicy, not rich, and of no particular character. Prune 

 with long spurs of four to six buds. 



EARLY WHITE MALVASIA (syn. Jouanen, Luglieuga). An oval 

 white Sweetwater grape. Season, first early (one of the earliest 

 grapes in cultivation). Merits: first-class as an early grape, 

 sensitive to frost. Vine : growth full and vigorous, although not 

 robust ; free fruiting. Fruit : bunches small, from six to eight inches, 

 loose or straggling; setting freely. Berries, small ovate. Skin 

 thin, very clear and transparent, greenish white, turning amber 

 and retaining a thin bloom. Flesh very tender and juicy, sweet, 

 rich, and pleasant. High trellising and long pruning. 



CHASSELAS DE FONTAINEBLEAU (syn. Royal Muscadine). A 

 round white grape, of the Sweetwater type. Season, early. Merits : 

 first-class as to quality and earliness ; it will also keep in good 

 condition long after becoming ripe; packs well. Vine: growth 

 free and vigorous, with a fine constitution, the young shoots, 

 slender but ripening well ; wood brown, long jointed, slender, 

 but ripening well; very fruitful. Leaves small, roundish, thin r 

 lobed, bright greeu end of shoots and young leaves, brownish green. 

 Leaves dying off early a pale yellow colour. Bunches medium- 

 sized and small, long, tapering, broadly shouldered and somewhat 

 loose ; compact and freely set. Berries medium, round, pale 



