312 THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



T White Bual. — The bnncli is compact ; the berries 

 obovate, white, and thick skinned ; late and good. 



Knighfs Variegated CTiasselas. — ^This is said to re- 

 semble the Aleppo ; the bunches are loose, and the ber- 

 ries are round and sweet, with a thin skin ; it is of second 

 quality. 



T Chmselas, Bose or Violet. — This is a good grape ; 

 in the appearance of the bunch, and in every other re- 

 spect but color, resembling the Chasselas of Fontaine- 

 bleau ; when ripe, it is of a rich red, or rose color. 



•[ Chasselas de Bar Sur Aube. — This grape has very 

 large long bunches ; the berries are round, of medium 

 size, and, when fully ripe, of an amber color. When 

 pruned upon the long-cane system, I have had bunches 

 measuring fourteen inches in length ; it seldom shoulders. 



^ Chasselas of Fontainebleau and the White Chas- 

 selas, appear to be alike in every particular. They differ 

 from the above in the shape of the bunch, which is often 

 shouldered. 



^ Boyal Muscadine. — This grape, in respect to the 

 size, color, and flavor of the fruit, or berry, corresponds 

 exactly with the Chasselas de Bar Sur Aube, Chasselas 

 of Fontainebleau, and with the Early White Muscadine 

 of the French, yet, in the size of the bunch, it is quite 

 distinct ; the Eoyal Muscadine growing to a very large 

 size, and having large shoulders, the bunches often weigh- 

 ing four, five, and six pounds. 



T[ Early White Muscadine. — This is a variety of the 

 Chasselas, and in no way distinguishable from the White, 

 or Chasselas of Fontainebleau, except in the time of 

 ripening, which may be ten days earlier. I have culti- 



