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house, and always colours better and more freely than that variety ; 

 the berry is also more oval, and the wood shorter jointed. Kipens in 

 a cool vinery. 



This and Mill Hill Hamburgh are sometimes called Champion Hamburgh, 

 and hence the one is often taken for the other. They are, however, very distinct 

 kinds, and can easily be distinguished, for the berries of Black Champion are oval, 

 while those of Mill Hill Hamburgh are round and sometimes oblate. The foliage 

 of the latter is also paler, and appears flaccid when hangiiig on the vine. 



BLACK CLUSTEK {Black Burgundy; Black Morillon ; Bur- 

 gundy ; Blauer Clavner ; Early Black ; Morillon Noir; Pineau ; 

 Schwarzer Riessling). — Bunches, small, very compact, cylindrical, 

 and occasionally shouldered. Berries, generally oval, inclining to 

 roundish. Skin, thin, blue-black, covered with. blue bloom. Flesh, 

 juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



Eipens well against a wall in the open air, and is one of the best 

 for this purpose. The bunches are larger than those of MUler's 

 Burgundy. 



This is one of the varieties most extensively cultivated for wine on the Rhine 

 and the Moselle, and it also furnishes the greater part of the Champagne and Bur- 

 gundy wines. 



Black Constantia. See Purple Constantia, 



BLACK COEINTH [Currant; Corinthe Noir; Passolina Nera; 

 AigaPassera; Zante). — Bunches, compact, small, and short. Berries, 

 small and round, not larger than a pea, with some larger ones inter- 

 spersed. Skin, thin, black, and covered with blue bloom. Flesh, 

 juicy, sweet, richly flavoured, and without seeds. 



It produces small, insignificant bunches and berries, and though the 

 fruit is of good flavour, it is a variety which is grown more for curiosity 

 than for any merit it possesses. It requires the heat of a vinery. 



It is from the Black Corinth that the " currants " of the grocers are produced, 

 and "currant" is merely a corruption of corinth. It is extensively grown in 

 Zante and Cephalonia, and the fruit when gathered is simply dried on the 

 ground in the sun, and this accounts for the presence of small stones and earth 

 found in grocers' currants, necessitating their being washed before they are used. 



BLACK DAMASCUS [Damascus; Worksop Manor). — Bunches, 

 large and loose. Berries, large and round, interspersed with others of 

 small size. Skin, thin, but tough, of a deep black colour. Flesh, 

 juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



A first-rate late grape, requiring the heat of a hothouse to bring it 

 to perfection. 



I have not been able to ascertain the original name of this grape, but it was 

 called Black Damascus by Speechly, who was the first to describe it, from having 

 been introduced to this country from Damascus by Edward, ninth Duke of Norfolk, 

 and cultivated at Welbeck many years prior to his decease in 1777. 



BLACK FRONTIGNAN [Muscat Noir; Muscat Noir Ordinaire; 

 Sir William Rowley's Black). — Bunches, pretty large, cylindrical, some- 

 what loose, and occasionally shouldered. Berries, small, round, and 



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