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size ; tlie berries are round and colored, as the name de- 

 signates ; it ripens early, and is one of the richest Mus- 

 cat-flavored gi'apes. According to Mr. Thompson, there 

 are thirteen synonymes to this. 



T White Frontignan. — This variety has bunches often 

 quite large ; the berries are round, and, when fully ri- 

 pened in an exposure to the sun, are of an amber color. 

 The Black, "White, and the Grizzly are, in flavor, very 

 much alike, when grown under the most favorable cir- 

 cumstances, so far as respects qualitj' ; but, for a variety 

 in color, it is desirable to have the three; the Grizzly is 

 the earliest of them. The synonymes are twenty-two in 

 number. 



6ros Houge d& Provence. — ^The bunches are loose ; the 

 berries roundish and black, and of second quality. 



PetersburgJi. — A black grape, with loose bunches ; the 

 berries are round, the skin thick, and the flavor sweet. 



^ Lechmere's Seedling. — Has proved the same as Ma- 

 cready's Early "White. 



Grosse Guillaume. 



Longford''s IncomparcMe. 



ScUras.—T\i\a is said to be a very fine grape lately 

 received from Persia. 



T Poonah. — ^This is a large, late black grape, very 

 handsome, and of second quality. 



TT Morinet. — A grape recently received from France. 

 It has a long, loose bunch, with oval, white berries ; 

 fruited, in 1848, in the collection of Messrs. Hovey 

 &Co. 



^^ Maaready's Early "PFylife.— This is a new variety; 

 it has been fruited the past few years. It is a whit a 



