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greenish-yellow, becoming transparent when fully ripe, or, if 

 exposed to the bright sun, the one side becoming of a bright 

 cinnamon-russet, in which condition they are very much richer and 

 sweeter. Flesh firm, yet tender, crackling, juicy, sweet and 

 agreeable to the palate. When kept until they begin to shrivel 

 they are very rich. 



Cultural Notes. A standard early table grape ; makes fairly 

 good wine; ripens a fortnight before Black Hamburgh. Generally 

 pruned short. 



CHASSELAS VIBERT. A better bearer than the preceding. 

 Young shoots reddish and glossy. Bunches well set, berries green- 

 Good for eating and for wine-making. 



CHASSELAS OF NEGREPONT. Must be alloved to hang until 

 quite ripe, when it turns from a pale green to a bright red, changing 

 to violet. Possesses a fine appearance and a pleasant aroma, also 

 makes a clean, clear white wine. Ripens after Chasselas of Fon- 

 tainebleau. 



MADRESFIELD COURT. A black oval muscat grape. Fairly 

 early, excellent in quality and very handsome. Vine : moderately 

 strong grower ; wood with prominent dark brown buds, often 

 covered with a thin coating of down. Leaves medium sized, rugose, 

 deeply lobed, deep green, leaf stalk and ribs reddish. Leaves die 

 off crimson. Bunches large, long, and tapering, well set ; the 

 point often forked; shoulders small, stalk stout. Berries, large 

 oval ; skin tough, dark purple covered with large blue bloom ; flesh 

 thick, greenish, tender, and sweet. Said to be a cross between 

 Muscat of Alexandria and Black Morocco. 



RED MUSCAT OF FRONTIQNAN (syn. Grizzly Frontignan, Mus- 

 catel-Constantia in W.A.). A round red or tawny Muscat grape. 

 Season: mid season (3rd period). Merits: first-rate in quality, 

 but rather small ; makes a luscious wine. Vine : growth strong, 

 free and ripening freely; very fruitful. Wood: spreading shoots 

 of a brown red colour, thick but short interno<les, not very 

 prominent nodes. Leaves medium sized as broad as they are 

 long, three or five lobes, deeply toothed, very thin ; upper surface of 

 a fine grey colour and glabrous ; under surface of grey colour, with 

 a few stiff hairs covering the veins, which are slightlv prominent, 

 yellow and smooth, dying off yellow. Fruit : bunches medium 

 sized, rather long, somewhat cylindrical in shape, but occasionally 

 shouldered ; generally well set. Berries medium sized, round, 

 closely set. Skin thin, membranous, of a dull red or tawny colour 

 on the side most exposed, and paler on the shaded side, generally 

 covered with a thin bloom. Flesh very firm, with a very rich, 

 pleasant, and decided muscat flavour; when kept hanging on the 

 vine after being ripe, the fruit is very apt to shrivel, but is then 

 exceedingly rich and excellent. There is a white variety which 

 answers the same description. 



