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No, of Bcj-ries No, of Berries unth Seeds to a 



Variety, Examined. 



o Pips. I Pip. 2 Pips. 3 Pips, 4 Pips. 5 Pips, 6 Pips. 



Berry, 



Black Hamburg, 102 3 27 31 32 90 o 2.18 



Morocco (Calif,) 126 3 83 32 5 30 o 1.38 



Tokay, (Calif.) 268 13 83 too 46 21 4 I 1.97 



GUAVA. PSIDIUM GUAYAVA, RaDDL (MyRTACE/E). 



In this fruit the seeds nestle hi pulp formed by the placentas. 



1 J, Harlan. U. S. Pat. Off. Rept. iS6r, 529, 534 



2 Redding quoted, U. S. Pat. Off. Rept. 1S60, 367. 



3 Travels through Arabia. 



4 Travels, 1. 313. 



5 Arnold, Through Persia by Caravan, 151. 



6 Calmet, Diet, of the Bible. 



7 Firminger, Gard. ui Ind, 212 



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In Buikh, the sweetest and best wine grape is called Kishmish ; 

 it is black, oval, of good size and seedless^. The white wine of 

 Ispahan is made from a white grape called Kishmish, which has 



no pips^ Niebuhr^ says the Arabians dry a small sort of grape 

 called Kischmish which has no stone, but only soft and almost 

 impalpable seeds. Pallas^ says in Astracan, the Kyshmish or the 

 grape without stones ranks first and is esteemed the best kind. 



The Sultana grape in California is seedless, as Mr. Wickson 

 informs me, and in the graperies of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture at Washington, Mr. Saunders tells me it is also seedless. 

 Arnold^ speaks of the small stoneless grapes in Persia, which 

 when dried, are sold as "Sultana" raisins, and praises their 

 quality. The grapes of Eschol^ have generally a transparent 

 membranous seed, though some are said to have no seed at all, 

 and Le Bruyn describes similar grapes without seed in Persia. ' 



In the Punjaub they have an indigenous stoneless grape called 

 the Bedana^. 



The grapery of the late M. H. Simpson, of Saxonville, Mass., Jh 



contains a seedless Black Hamburg vine, of which I have fre- 

 quently eaten the fruit The quality is exceptionally fine, but \ 

 the berry is small. The brittle nature of the seed of our green- 

 house grapes is familiar to all. 



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The savory fruit, of the size of an apple, is highly relished in 1 



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