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INGEAM'S HAEDY PEOLIPIC MUSCAT.— Bundles, long and 

 tapering, not shouldered, from nine inches to a foot in length. Berries, 

 medium sized, perfectly oval, and well set. Skin, quite black, covered 

 with blue bloom. Flesh, moderately firm, juicy, sugary, and with a 

 piquant and rich flavour, having a faint trace of Muscat aroma. 



This is an excellent grape, and remarkably prolific. The wood is 

 very short-jointed, and the vine succeeds well in a cool greenhouse. 

 It has all the appearance of being a good out-door grape, but the vine 

 is very subject to mildew. 



It was raised by the late Mr. Thomas Ingram, gardener to Her Majesty at Frog- 

 more, and received a first-class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 

 1861. 



ISABELLA. — Bunches, large. Berries, large and oval. Skin, thin, 

 of a dark purple colour, almost black, and covered with bloom. Flesh, 

 tender, juicy, sweet, and vinous, with a musky flavour. 



This is a variety of Vitis Labrusca, a native American grape, culti- 

 vated in the open air in the United States, both for the dessert and for 

 wine ; but it is not of much account in England. 



ISCHIA (Noir Precoce de Genes ; Uva di tri volte). — The bunches 

 and berries of this variety very much resemble those of Black Cluster ; 

 but the fruit ripens as early as that of Black July, and is very much 

 superior in flavour to that variety. Berries, medium sized, black, 

 very juicy, sweet, and vinous. 



The vine is very vigorous and luxuriant in its growth, and bears 

 abundantly, if not pruned too closely. In Italy it produces three crops 

 in a year by stopping the shoot two or three joints beyond the last 

 bunch, just as the flower has fallen and the berries set ; new shoots are 

 started from the joints that are left, and also bear fruit, and these 

 being again stopped, a third crop is obtained. This variety succeeds 

 admirably against a wall in the open air. 



Jacob's Traube. See Black July. 



Jew's. See Syrian. 



Joannec. See St. John's. 



Joaimenc. See St. John's. 



Josling's St. Alban's. See Chasselas Musque. 



July. See Black July. 



JULY FEONTIGNAN {Muscat de Juillet).— This is a very eai-ly 

 variety, having a distinct Muscat flavour. It was introduced by 

 Mr. Elvers, who describes it as follows : — Berries, round, purple, of 

 medium size, rich, juicy, and excellent. 



This grape will ripen on a wall, as it is one of the earliest of its 

 race, and is well adapted for pot culture in the orchard-house. 



JUEA BLACK MUSCAT (Muscat Noir de Jura).— Bunches, long 

 and tapering, very slightly shouldered, and larger than those of Black 



