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sorts I have never seen ; amongst those I am acquainted with, the following 

 errors occur. The berries of the Black Prince are not " roundish," but con- 

 spicuously oval, and between it and the Cambridge Botanic Garden grape 

 there is not the slightest difference. The figure of the latter in the Pomo- 

 logical Magazine is a correct representation of the Black Prince, with which 

 variety also the description exactly agrees. In the North of England, this 

 grape is frequently called the Black Spanish, and in some places the Black 

 Alicant. 



The Black Constantia, although perfectly distinct, is usually confounded 

 with the Frontignans : it is commonly called in gardens the Black Frontignac, 

 and is described in books under the name of Blue or Violet Frontignan, The 

 habit of the plant, and the appearance of the fruit when in a young state, re- 

 semble in some degree the Frontignan tribe ; but the fruit when ripe, although 

 sweet and very agreeable, is totally devoid of that exquisite muscat flavour 

 for which ail the Frontignans are so deservedly esteemed. The berries are 

 likewise smaller, less round, and of a more intense black than those of the 

 Black Frontignan. 



Pomological writers make five varieties of Frontignan ; but from a careful 

 comparison of their descriptions, and from my own observations made on 

 growing plants, I am decidedly of opinion that there are not more than three 

 distinct sorts cultivated in this country; which are, 1. The Black (Muscat noir 

 of the French; Purple Frontignac, Purple Constantia, of some); 2. The 

 White (Muscat blanc of the French, White Constantia of some) ; 3. The 

 Grizzly (Muscat rouge of the French) ; the Red Frontignan of English 

 authors is nothing more than the Grizzl}' ; and the Black Constantia makes 

 the fifth. The Chasselas precoce is very similar to, if not identical with, the 

 White Sweetwater, sometimes called Stillward's Sweetwater, and New Sweet- 

 water. The White Muscadine is by some called the Sweetwater. The Esh- 

 collata superba is probably an old sort with a new name (see p. 107,). 

 Frankenthal will, I suspect, eventually prove to be the proper name of our 

 Black Hamburg, the latter appellation being merely the name of the place 

 from which it was introduced into this country, A German gardener high 

 in his profession, who has seen the Frankenthal on the Continent, is of opinion 

 that it is the same grape as the Black Hamburg. Brown, red, and purple 

 Hamburgs only exist in imagination, or in books. The late Mr. Money 

 affirmed that the Lombardy and Flame-coloured Tokay are different grapes, 

 and that the Wantage is synonymous with the latter. The Horsforth 

 Seedling is said to have been raised from seed in the garden of the Rev. W. 

 Rhodes, at Horsforth Hall, near Leeds. I have seen it growing in the same 

 house with the Black Morocco, and could not perceive the slightest dif- 

 ference between them. The Cannon Hall Muscat is said to differ from the 

 White Muscat of Alexandria, "at least in some situations:"' it differs in all 

 situations, being a totally distinct sort. The berries of the Cannon Hall are 

 considerably larger than those of the White Muscat, less pointed, thicker 

 skinned, and certainly inferior in flavour ; it also ripens ten days or a fortnight 

 earlier in the same temperature. Besides these differences in the fruit, there 

 is some dissimilarity of habit, the Cannon Hall being grosser in all its parts 

 and constitutionally more tender. Some doubts are said to exist as to the 

 fact of its English origin. The White Tokay is the White Muscat of Alex- 

 andria. In the North of England it is generally known by the first name. 



The berries of West's St. Peter's axz not round, but rather oval. In 

 Lindley's Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen- Garden, it is called Black Lom- 

 bardy, a name which, if not preoccupied by another sort, would be infinitely 

 preferable to its present absurd appellation, Oldaker's West's St. Peter's, 

 especially as there is another grape called Money's West's St. Peter's (pro- 

 perly. Raisin des Carmes), and a St. Peter's besides. I have heard the Black 

 Prince called Black Lombardy. The Grove End Sweetwater is a foreign 

 variety, called on the Continent " Friiher Leipsicker," or Early Leipsic. The 



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