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If this grape isn't as delicious as the white Muscat, it has the advantage of ripening 

 better in our climate. 



VIII. Muscat GRAPEVINE with large oblong musky purple grapes. 

 Purple MUSCAT. 



The leaves of this grapevine differ very little from those of the white Muscat in 

 size, shape, denticulation, &c. 



The fruit is big, somewhat oblong, eight lignes in diameter by nine lignes high. Its 

 skin is very firm, quite deep purple with bloom on it. Its flesh is slightly greenish. The 

 juice is musky & very pleasant, but less so than that of the two preceding ones. There are 

 two or three quite full seeds in each grape. 



IX. Muscat GRAPEVINE with medium-sized somewhat rounded musky blackish grapes. 

 Black MUSCAT. 



The leaves of this grapevine are even less indented than those of the other 

 Muscats. Their indentations are so barely noticeable that the leaves seem almost entire. 

 The large lobe is only four inches three lignes long & the two middle ones are three 

 inches nine lignes. The stalk is about three-&-a-half inches long. 



The fruit is smaller & less oblong than the purple Muscat. It's seven & three 

 quarters lignes in diameter & eight lignes high. Its skin is black or very dark purple & 

 powdery. Its flesh is very lightly tinged with red underneath the skin. The juice is musky. 

 Each grape usually has four small seeds that are pointed and reddish on one side. 



This grape is of much lesser quality than the white Muscat. 



