274 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



August Traube. See Black July. 

 Bammerer. See Black Hamburgh. 



BAEBAEOSSA (Brizzola ; Rossea ; Uva Barbarossa). — Bunches, 

 medium sized, shouldered. Berries, slightly oval, or obround. Skin, 

 thin and delicate, of a grizzly colour, or pale red, covered with a thin 

 grey bloom. Flesh, delicate, juicy, sweet, and with somewhat of a 

 Eoyal Muscadine flavour, but very much richer. Gallesio says it is 

 " the king of dessert grapes." 



This is a very fine dessert grape. 



The grape which has been grown in this country for some years under the name 

 of Barbarossa is a totally different variety. Its correct name is Gros Guillaume, 

 and it is black, while the Barbarossa is, as its name implies, a rose-coloured or 

 grizzly grape. 



Barbaroux. See Gromier du Cantal. 



Bar-sur-Aube. See Early Chasselas. 



Bee d'Oiseau. See Cornichon Blanc. 



BICANE (Vicane),- — The bunches are large and well set, and of an 

 ovate shape. The berries are large and roundish oval. Skin, white, 

 very thin and tender, so as to show the texture of the flesh through, 

 and covered with very thin white bloom. Flesh, tender, very juicy, 

 and melting, with a fine Black Hamburgh flavour. 



A very fine white grape of great merit, both for the size of the bunch, 

 the flavour of the berries, and its earliness. It ripens about the same 

 time as the Sweetwater, and before the Eoyal Muscadine. The Pause 

 Jaune is frequently and erroneously called Bicane on the Continent. 



BIDWILL'S SEEDLING. — Bunches, large, long, loose, and 

 shouldered. Berries, large and round. Skin, thin, quite black, and 

 covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh, tender, melting, and juicy, 

 but with a most disagreeable earthy flavour, which seems peculiar to 

 it, as I have never met with this variety without it. 



It ripens very well against a wall, 5n the West of England, by the 

 end of October. The leaves die yellow. 



It was raised by Mr. J. C. Bidwill, of Exeter, and was first exhibited by 

 Messrs. James Veitch & Son, at a meeting of the British Fomological Society in 

 October, 1858. 



Bilsenroth. See Black Hamburgh. 



Black Alicante. See Alicante. 



Black Burgundy. See Black Cluster, 



BLACK CHAMPION.— Bunches, with short, thick stalks, not 

 shouldered, thickly set. Berries, large, roundish oval. Skin, thin, 

 black, or dark purple, covered with fijae thin bloom. Flesh, tender, 

 but somewhat firm, very juicy, rich, and sweet ; having rarely any 

 seeds, or more than one. 



This is about a fortnight earlier than Black Hamburgh in the same 



