Varieties of the Grape. Bat 
and loose, shouldered; berry oblong, light yellow when fully mature, trans- 
parent, covered with white bloom, fleshy, with thick skin, very sweet and 
decidedly musky.”—Ausmann. The leading table grape of California. 
Rejected for irregular bearing on some mesa lands in southern California. 
Muscatel Gordo Blanco.—‘‘Muscatel Gordo Blanco has a closer bunch 
and rounder berry than the Muscat. The skin is softer and the pulp is not 
quite so hard. The berry inclines to be a little darker in color and not 
nearly so green when it is ripe, and I think not quite as long as the Muscat 
of Alexandria. If the Muscat would set as well as the Muscatel, the 
difficulty would be obviated. One very important difference is that when 
you come to dry them, the Muscat of Alexandria loses the bloom very 
rapidly. The bloom comes off when you come to dry and pack them. But 
the Muscatel does not lose its bloom. The Muscat of Alexandria has to be 
dried a little more than the Muscatel to bring it into a keeping condition 
under the some condition of ripeness.’’—R. B. Blowers. 
_. “The growth of the Muscatel or Gordo Blanco vine is low and spreading, 
with no upright branches in the center; clusters heavy, and, when perfect, 
close and shouldered; berries round and large (the greatest circumference 
being at the center), a crease often being found at the apex of the berry; 
color green, or, when fully ripe, amber green or yellow. Distinguished 
from Muscat of Alexandria by low, depressed growth of vine, closer cluster, 
rounder berries, and by thicker and finer bloom, The Muscatelis the choice 
raisin grape for the San Joaquin Valley, and for the interior generally.’”’— 
Dr. Eisen. r 
fluasco Muscat.—A variety brought from Chile, but after wide trial in 
California, seems not superior to the other White Muscat varieties previously 
mentioned. Its dense cluster is not well adapted to raisin making. It is 
held however, to be less subject to coulure. 
feher Szagos.—“‘Vine a strong grower and heavy bearer; branches erect 
but slender; leaves glossy, entire; bunches medium to small, pointed, and 
solid; berries greenish amber, medium oval, pointed, with thin skin and few 
small seeds; flesh not firm, but dries well and makes a good raisin.’’— 
Dr. Eisen. 
Larga Bloom; syn. Uva Larga.—A variety of Muscat said to be named 
because of the length of its berries, but held by some growers to be indis- 
tinguishable from Muscatel Gordo Blanco. An excellent raisin grape, but 
now chiefly grown as a table fruit in the Santa Cruz Mountains. 
‘ White Malaga.—“Vine a strong grower; wood reddish brown, short- 
jointed; leaf medium, leathery, smooth, deeply lobed, light shining green 
above; bunch very large, loose, shouldered, long; stem long and flexible; 
berry very large, oval, yellowish green, covered with white bloom; thick 
skin, fleshy.’’—Husmann. Grown in southern Californiain situations where 
the Muscat does not do well; also elsewhere as a table grape, and to some 
extent in San Joaquin Valley for raisins. 
Sultana, syn. Seedless Sultana.—‘Vine vigorous, upright; leaves large, 
five-lobed, with rather large sinuses, light colored, and coarsely toothed; 
bunches large, long-cylindrical, with heavy shoulders or wings, well filled 
when not cultured, but not compacted; berries small, round, firm and crisp, 
golden-yellow, and without seeds.” —Aio/etti. In California the variety is 
apt to have some seeds. It has more acid, and therefore greater piquancy 
of flavor, than Thompson’s Seedless, but the latter is exceeding it in 
popularity among growers. 
Thompson's Seedless.—Named by Sutter County Horticultural Society, 
after W. Thompson, Sr., of Yuba City, who procured the cutting in 1878, 
from Ellwanger & Barry, of Rochester, New York. It was by them de- 
scribed as “‘a grape from Constantinople, named Lady Decoverly.’? When 
it fruited in Sutter County, it was seen to be superior to the Sultana, and 
has been propagated largely. It has been widely distributed by J. P. 
