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strong grower, and requires a great deal of room, but it is a good 

 bearer. The only recommendation to this variety is the great size of 

 the bunches and beauty of the fruit. 



Longford's Incomparable. See Blaxik Prince. 



LUGLIENGA BIANCA. — Bunches, of good size, long, loose, and 

 tapering. Berries, medium sized, oblong, and not thickly set. Skin, 

 pale green, assuming an amber colour towards maturity. Flesh, tender, 

 juicy, sweet, and nicely flavoured. 



This is a very early grape, ripening in a cool vinery in August. It 

 would ripen well out of doors against a wall. 



Macready's Early White. See St. John's. 



MADEIEA FRONTIGNAN {Muscat Noir de Madere; Muscat Eou^e 

 de Madere). — Bunches, of medium size, rather compact. Berries, above 

 medium size, round. Skin, reddish purple. Flesh, very juicy and 

 rich, with a high Muscat flavour. 



This is an excellent grape, and ripens well in a cool vinery at the 

 same season as the Black Hamburgh. 



De La Madeleine. See Black July. 

 Madeleine Blanche de MaHngre. See Early Malingre. 

 Madeleine Musquee de CourtiUer. See Early Saumur Frontignan. 

 Madeleine Noir. See Black July. 



MADEESFIELD COURT.— Bunches, large, long, and tapering, 

 well shouldered, and with a short, stout stalk. Berry-stalks, short, 

 stout, and warted. Berries, large, oval, or oblong, even in size. Skin, 

 tough and membranous, but not thick and coarse, quite black, and 

 covered with a fine bloom. Flesh, greenish or opaline, tender, juicy, 

 rich, and with an appreciable Frontignan flavour, though not so marked 

 as in the Frontignans and Muscats. 



A very excellent grape, of the greatest merit. It ripens in an ordinary 

 vinery without fire heat, if necessary, but like all grapes is improved 

 by the use of it. Some have failed in growing it properly by subjecting 

 it to too high a temperature. The bunches weigh from 4 lbs. to 6 lbs. 



It was raised by Mr. William Cox, gardener to Earl Beauchamp, at Madresfield 

 Court, Worcestershire, by hybridising Muscat of Alexandria with Morocco. It 

 was awarded a first-class certificate by the Koyal Horticultural Society in 1868. 



Malaga. See Qromier du Cantal. 



Malaga. ^&& Muscat of Alexandria. 



Malingre. See Early Malingre. 



Malmsey Muscadine. See Giotat. 



MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS.— Bunches, large, loose, and 

 broadly shouldered. Berries, upwards of an inch long, and about an 

 inch wide ; oval. Skin, thin, greenish white, covered with thin grey 

 bloom. Flesh, thin and watery, without any flavour. 



This is an early grape, and ripens in an ordinary vinery. Its only 



