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THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



an amber colour, and covered with a thin grey bloom. Flesh, firm, 

 sweet, but not richly flavoured. 



It is very rarely that this grape sets its bunches perfectly. The 

 condition in which it is usually met with is very few bunches on the 

 vine, and these so badly set that there are only a few fully developed 

 berries on each bunch. The leaves die pale brown. 



Parsley-leaved. See Ciotat. 



Passe Musquee. See Mtiscat of Alexandria. 



Passoliaa Nera. See Black Corinth. 



Perle Blanche. See Dutch Sweetwater. 



PetersiHen Gutedel. See Ciotat. 



Pineau. See Black Cluster. 



PITMASTON WHITE CLUSTER.— Bunches, medium sized, com- 

 pact, and shouldered. Berries, medium sized, round, inclining to 

 oblate. Skin, thin, amber-coloured, and frequently russety. Flesh, 

 tender and juicy, sweet, and well flavoured. 



An excellent early grape ; succeeds well in a cool vinery, and ripens 

 against a waU in the open air. 



Plant Riche. See Aramon. 



Pocock's Damascus. See Black Prince. 



Pommerer. See Black Hamburgh. 



Poonah. See West's St. Peter's. 



Pope Hamburgh. See Frankenthal. 



Precoce Blanc. See Early Malingre. 



Precooe de Kienzheim. See Early White Malvada. 



Precoce de Malingre. See Early Malingre. 



Precoce Musque. See Early Saumur Frontignan. 



PROLIFIC SWEETWATER {Chasselas Imperial Precoce ; Chasselas 

 de Montauhan; Froc de la Boulaye ; Oros Coulard). — Bunches, medium 

 sized, cylindrical, loose, and not shouldered. Berries, large and round, 

 uniform in size. Skin, thin, greenish yellow, but pale amber when 

 fully ripe. Flesh, tender, juicy, and sweet, with an excellent flavour. 



This is an excellent early white grape, and sets its fruit much better 

 than the old Sweetwater. It ripens well in a cool vinery, and is well 

 adapted for pot culture. 



Prunellas. See (Eillade. 



PURPLE CONSTANTIA {Black ConstanHa : Purple Frontignan ; 

 Violet Frontignan; Violette Mmkateller). — Bunches, long and tap'ering, 

 very much more so thaa those of Black Frontignan, and with small 

 shoulders. Berries, large and round. Skin, dark purple, covered with 



