206 THE GRAPE, 
instruct in the cultivation of grapes under glass, nc 
attempt has been made to bring the list of hardy varieties . 
up to the present time. 
BLACK OR PURPLE GRAPES. 
Buiack BARBARossa.—As suggested on page 107, this 
is the sume as Prince Albert. It is highly valued as a 
late variety, and now more generally bears the name here 
iven. 
Earty Brack BorpEaux.—Bunches of medium size, 
shouldered. Berries ‘round, above medium size, black, 
with a thin bloom. Flesh tender, rich, and sweet. ‘te 
garded as one of the finest early purple varieties. 
INTINDO. orous vine, of Italian origin. Bunch 
large, compact, saa shouldered. Berries slightly oval, 
dark violet. Flesh very sugary, with a pleasant aroma. 
Resembles Black Hamburgh, but considerably earlier. 
Gros Maroc.—Vine a great bearer, and well suited to 
a cold vinery. Bunch very large, long, shouldered. 
Berries oval, very large, deep reddish-purple, with a 
thick bloom. Flesh tender, sweet, and rich. Ripens 
after Black Hamburgh. A valuable market grape on ac- 
count of its showy character. 
Jura Muscat.—Vine very prolific. Bunch long, 
tapering. Berries above medium, oval, well set, purplish 
black, with athin bloom. Flesh tender, rich, with a fine 
Muscat aroma. 
Lapy Downe(syn. Lady Downe’s Seedling).—The vine 
_ breaks late, and the fruit keeps later than any other. In 
_ England it has been kept, by placing the stem in a bottle 
of water, from August until June. Bunch large, rather 
loose. Berries roundish-oval, above medium size, with 
thick skin, reddish purple, becoming black, with deli- 
— Flesh dall-white ite, firm, sweet, and rich. 
