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Frontignan. Berries, above medium size, oval, and well set. Skin, 

 deep pui-plish black, covered with thin blue bloom. Flesh, tender, 

 very juicy, richly flavoured, and with a fine, but not powei-ftil Muscat 

 aroma. 



_ This is a valuable grape. The vine is a proUfic bearer. The leaves 

 die purple mottled, 



Kempsey Ahcante. See Morocco. 



Knevett's Black Hamburgh. See Blcuck Hamburgh. 



Kracb Gutedel. See Early Chasselas. 



Laan Hatif. See Scotch White Cluster. 



LADY DOWNE'S. — Bunches, shouldered, from eight to ten inches 

 long, and rather loose. Berries, above medium size, roundish oval. 

 Skin, rather thick, tough, and membranous, reddish purple at first, but 

 becoming quite black when fully coloured, and covered with a dehcate 

 bloom. Flesh, dull opaUne white, very firm, sweet, and richly flavoured, 

 with a faint trace of Muscat flavour, but not so much as to include it 

 among Muscats. Seeds, generally in pairs. 



This is a very valuable grape, and may be ripened with the heat of 

 an ordinary vinery. It forces well, and will hang to the month of 

 March without shrivelling or discolouration of either berries or stalks. 

 The vine is a vigorous grower and an abundant bearer, seldom pro- 

 ducing less than three bunches on each shoot. I have seen bunches 

 of this grape ripened in August, hang till March, and preserve all their 

 freshness, even at that late season, when the berries were plump and 

 delicious. 



Grafted on the Black Hamburgh the berries are much increased in 

 size, but the flavour is not improved. On Gros GuiUaume it does not 

 succeed so well, but the flavour is improved, and the fruit does not 

 hang so long as when on its own roots. The leaves die bright yeUow. 



Large Black Ferral. See Ferral. 



Lashmar's Seedling. See St. John's. 



Lebanon Seedling. See Catawba. 



LIEEVAL'S FBONTIGNAN {Muscat Lierval). — Bunches, quite 

 small, cylindrical, and well set. Berries, small, round, covered with a 

 thick bloom. Skin, tender, quite black. Flesh, tender and sweet, 

 with a slight Muscat flavour. Seeds, very large for the size of the 

 berry. 



A very early grape, but much too small for general cultivation. 



LOMBAEDY {Flame-coloured Tokay ; Red Rhenish ; Red Taurida ; 

 Wantage). — Bunches, very large, shouldered, closely set, and hand- 

 some ; sometimes weighing from six to seven pounds. Berries, large 

 and round, inclining to oval. Skin, pale red or flame-coloured. Flesh, 

 firm, sweet, and well-flavoured, but only second-rate. 



This requires a high temperature to ripen it. The vine is a very 



