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sant. The berries rarely possess more than two seeds, and the volume 

 of pulp in a single berry is very great. 



This is the largest-berried white grape in cultivation ; succeeds under 

 the same treatment as Black Hamburgh, and ripens some weeks earlier 

 than that variety. Plant of strong and robust growth, like that of the 

 Canon Hall Muscat, and a very free and fruitful bearer. 



Raised by Mr. Wm. Thomson, of Clovenfords, N.B. It received a first-class 

 certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1872. 



DUTCH HAMBURGH {WUmot's Hamburgh).— Bunches, medium 

 sized, compact, and rarely shouldered. Berries, very large, roundish, 

 oblate, uneven, and hammered. Skin, thick, very black, and covered 

 with a thin bloom. Flesh, pretty firm, coarse, and not so highly 

 flavoured as the Black Hamburgh. 



It ripens in an ordinary vinery. The berries are much larger and 

 more flattened than those of the Black Hamburgh, and are generally 

 hollow in the centre. Though a very showy fruit it is much inferior in 

 quality to the Black Hamburgh. 



It is called WUmot's Hamburgh from having been grown very successfully by 

 Mr. Wilmot, an extensive market gardener of Isleworth, forty years ago. 



DUTCH SWEETWATER {Perle BZawc/ie).— Bunches, rather above 

 medium size, shouldered, and very loose, containing many badly-deve- 

 loped berries. Berries, large and round. Skin, thin and transparent, 

 ediibiting the veins of the flesh ; white, and covered with a thin bloom, 

 and, when highly ripened, streaked with traces of russet. Flesh, 

 tender, very juicy, sweet, and with a fine delicate flavour. 



A well-known and excellent early grape, whose greatest fault is the 

 irregularity with which its bunches are set. 



EARLY ASCOT FRONTIGNAN.— Bimches, of medium size, slightly 

 shouldered. Berries, round, of medium size ; clear amber colour. 

 Flesh, tender, extremely sweet and luscious, with a fine Frontignan 

 flavour. 



A remarkably early grape, which ripens well against a wall in the 

 open air, grown under the same circumstances as Black Hamburgh ; 

 it ripens fiJly a month earlier than that variety. 



It was raised by Mr. John Standish, of Ascot, from Muscat de Saumur fertilized 

 by Chasselas Musque. 



EARLY AUVERGNB FRONTIGNAN (Muscat du Puy de Borne; 

 Muscat Precoce du Puy deDome; Muscat Eugenien). — This is an early 

 form of the White Frontignan, with a short cylindrical bunch, and 

 round berries, which are not so thickly set as in the White Frontignan. 

 The flesh is tender and juicy, and' with a pleasant Muscat flavour. 



EARLY BLACK BORDEAUX. — Bunches, medium sized. Berries, 

 about medium sized, round. Skin, quite black, covered with a thia 



