106° THE GRAPE. 
short and close, berries roundish oval, black, rather small, 
covered with a blue bloom, flavor not good until fully 
ripe. An early variety of second rate quality for the 
grapery, but suitable for out-door culture. ‘The leaves of 
‘his sort are pubescent, hence its name from the white 
fowny appearance. 
Brack Custer. (syn. Black July.)—Bunch li and 
clustered ; berries jet black, small, flavor sprightly but 
worth room in the grapery. The leaves of this are free 
of the downiness mentioned in the last. 
West's St. Perers. (syn. Black Lombardy—Poonah 
—Rais ” des Carmes.)—Bunches —— size, long, — 
ing, wall shouldered; berries medium size, oval, very 
black, covered with a blue bloom, very sweet cus sprightly; 
a fine late sort. 
Mircuety’s Sr. Perers—Similar to the above, but a 
handsomer bunch and berry. 
ZiNFINDAL—Bunches long, peculiar in form, being some- 
times composed of two shoulders, berries roundish oval, 
black, sweet, but tame, a good hardy sort. 
round, viack, musky and sweet, a good grape, but bad to 
eolor, aud in some houses subject to shank. 
Buacn Prince. (syn. Cambridge Botanic Garden— 
Alizant.}- -Bunches long, tapering and well shouldered 
berries a futle above medium size, oval, black, very swee 
url sprightly, a first-rate sort. 
Sumanee’ s HeNtiNG.—Bunches long, tapering, 
