GRAPES. 



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with a rosy tint. Flesh, firm, juicy, sweet, and sprightly, but not 

 rich. 



This, in the form and size of the bunches and berries, resembles the 

 Prolific Sweetwater ; but it is readily distinguished from all the Sweet- 

 waters, to which section it belongs, by the bristly pubescence of its 

 leaves, both above and beneath. I have found it about eight days 

 earlier than Royal Muscadine. The vine is hardy and prolific, and 

 well adapted for pot culture. It may be grown in a cool vinery. 

 The leaves die yellow. 



Chasselas Violet. See Eed Chasselas. 



Chavoush. See Chaouch. 



CHILWELL ALICANTE. — Bunches, large, nine inches to a foot 

 long, broad shouldered, and with very stout stalks. Berry-stalks, 

 long, slender, and sUghtly waited. Berries, large, an inch or more 

 in length, oblong or oval. Skin, thick and membranous, quite black, 

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

 richly flavoured. Seeds, rarely more than two, and generally only one. 



A very excellent grape, superior to the Alicante, from which it was 

 raised, and with long oval berries like Morocco. 



A seedling raised from Alicante by Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell, near Nottingham, 

 and which first fruited in 1871. 



CIOTAT [Malmsey Muscadine ; Parsley-leaved; Raisin d'Autriche; 

 Petersilim G-utedel). — Bunches, medium sized, not quite so large as 

 those of Royal Muscadine, shouldered and loose. Berries, medium 

 sized, round, uneven, with short, thin stalks. Skin, thin, greenish 

 yellow or white, covered with bloom. Flesh, tender, sweet, and with 

 the flavour of Royal Muscadine, of which this variety is a mere form, 

 differing in having the leaves very much cut. It ripens in a cool vinery. 



CITRON FRONTIGNAN {Muscat Ci«roweZZ«).— Bunches, small and 

 cylindrical. Berries, medium sized, quite round. Skin, tender, white, 

 covered with a thin bloom. Flesh, finn and crackling, very juicy, with 

 a fine brisk citron flavour, and a distinct Frontignan aroma. 



A very excellent little grape, well adapted for pot culture. It ripens 

 freely in an ordinary vinery. 



Le Cceur. See Morocco. 



Corinthe Blanc. See White Corinth. 



Corinthe Noir. See Black Corinth. 



CORNICHON BLANC (Finger Orape ; White Cucumber; Bee 

 d^Oiseau; Teta de Vaca). — Bunches, rather small, round, and loose. 

 Berries, very long, sometimes an inch and a half, and narrow, tapering 

 to both ends, and just like very large barberries. Skin, thick, green, 

 and covered with white bloom. Flesh, firm and sweet. 



A late ripening and late-banging grape of little value, and requires 

 stove heat to ripen it. 



