268 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



The grape cluster is long, narrow, almost cone-shaped and comes to a point. 

 Usually the grapes are overly crowded together, slightly oblong, and more enlarged at the 

 top than near the stalk. They're seven-&-a-half lignes in diameter & eight lignes high. 

 Their skin is crisp, light green, slightly powdery, and amber-colored on the side in the 

 sun. Their flesh is slightly bluish-white and less juicy than that of the Chasselas. The 

 seeds (three or four) are small and white mottled with gray mixed with purple. 



This grape, the most delicious of all, rarely ripens completely in our climate. 



VII. Muscat GRAPEVINE with medium-sized round musk}' red grapes. 

 Red MUSCAT. (PL IK) 



The leaves of this grapevine are the same shape as those of the preceding one but 

 a little smaller. The indentations are no deeper, and the dcnticulation is similar, long, 

 narrow, and very sharp. The central lobe is four inches nine lignes long, the two middle 

 ones four inches, & the two small ones three inches. The stalk, thick and round, is three- 

 &-a-half to four-&-a-half inches long. The leaves & the stalk soon take on a deep red 

 color bordering on purple. 



The grape clusters are elongated like those of the white muscat, but with not as 

 many grapes because the flowers are more likely to abort. The grapes are quite round, the 

 same in height & diameter (seven to eight lignes). Their pedicels are quite thick. Their 

 skin is firmer than that of the white Muscat. Grapes that have been in the sun are a 

 beautiful bright red, almost purple. The others are a pale color & sort of mottled yellow & 

 light red. Their flesh is firm and bluish- white. The juice is musky, flavorful, & pleasant. 

 Most of the grapes have only one seed. 



