GEAPES. 29T 



MOEOCCO PEINCE. — Bunches, medium size or large, of an ovate 

 shape, well set, and shouldered. Berries, oval, well set. Skin, tough 

 and membranous, quite black, and covered with thin bloom. Flesh, 

 rather firm and crackling, adhering to the skin, with a fine, brisk, 

 vinous flavour. 



This is an excellent late grape, and hangs till March, but the vine is 

 not a good bearer. The leaves die purple. 



This was received by the Royal Horticultural Society some years ago, as a cross 

 between Morocco and Black Prince, and hence it was called Morocco Prince. 



Moscatel Commun. See White Frontii/nan. 

 Moscatel Gordo Blanco. See Muscat of Alexandria. 

 Moscatel Menudo. See Red Fiontignan. 



MUSCAT OF ALEXANDEIA {Alexandnan Frontignan ; Charles- 

 worth Tokay ; Malaga ; Muscat Escholata ; Muscat Grec ; Muscat of 

 Jerusalem ; Muscat of Lunel ; Muscat Caminada ; Muscat Romain ; Mos- 

 catel Gordo Blanco; Panse Musquee ; Passe MusquS ; Tottenham Park 

 Muscat; Vva Salamana). — Bunches, large, long, loose, and shouldered ; 

 stalk, long. Berries, large, oval, unequal, in size, and with long, 

 slender, warted stalks. Skin, thick, generally greenish yellow, but when 

 highly ripened, a fine pale amber colour, and covered with thin white 

 bloom. Flesh, firm and breaking, not very juicy, but exceedingly sweet 

 and rich, vrith a fine Muscat flavour. 



A well-known and most delicious grape, requiring a high temperature 

 to ripen it thoroughly ; but it may be sufficiently ripened in a warm 

 vinery, provided it has a high temperature at the time of flowering and 

 while the fruit is setting. The vine is an abundant bearer, but the 

 bunches set badly. To remedy this defect, a very good plan is to draw 

 the hand down the bunches when they are in bloom so as to distribute 

 the pollen, and thereby aid fertilisation. The cause of this defective 

 fertilisation is the tendency of the stigma to exude a globule of liquid 

 which so efi'ectually protects the stigmatic tissue from the influence of 

 the pollen that the ovary is not fertilised. Passing the hand over the 

 bunch, or otherwise agitating it so as to remove moisture, permits the 

 pollen to come in contact with the stigma. The leaves die pale sulphur 

 mottled with brown. 



It is this grape which furnishes the Muscatel raisins. 



Muscat d'Aout. See August Frontignan. 



Muscat Bifere. See Early Silver Frontignan. 



Muscat Blanc. See White Frontignan. 



Muscat Caminada. See Muscat of Alexandria. 



MUSCAT CHAMPION {Champion Hamburgh Muscat). — Bunches, 

 very large, resembling those of the Mill Hill Hamburgh ; well shouldered. 

 Berries, large, roundish, andinclining to oblate, generally much hammered. 

 Skin, grizzly, inclining to black, and covered with a delicate bloom.. 

 Flesh, tender, juicy, and rich, with a distinct Frontignan flavour. 



