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sun; the ground, besides, being sheltered from the direct rays of 
the sun keeps cool and moist, and a vigorous growth is thereby en- 
couraged. 
TABLE GRAPES. 
Apart from the export grapes mentioned, and which are also of 
value for the local fruit market, the following varieites are recom- 
mended. 
Farty Mapetetne (syn. Madeleine Angevine).—Vine a vigor- 
ous grower, bursts into leaf and blossoms early, and fur that reason 
unsuitable for frosty localities. Suitable for either eating or wine 
making. Prune half-long or long. Leaf medium, deeply lobed, 
somewhat woolly below. Branches medium size, fairly compact and 
not always well set unless artificially fecundated with a camel hair 
brush or by running the hands over the blossoms; berries medium, 
oblong, greenish white, turning to golden when ripe. Hangs well 
on the bunches. Does well trained on trellises. 
CHASSELAS OF FonraInesLEAu (syn. Royal Museadine).—A 
round white grape, of the Sweetwater type. Season early. Merits: 
first class as to quality and earliness; it will also keep in good 
condition long after becoming ripe; packs well. Vine: growth free 
and vigorous, with a fine constitution, the young shoots slender but 
ripening well; wood brown, long jointed, slender, but riyening well; 
very fruitful. J.eaves small, roundish, thin, lobed, bright green end 
of shoots and voung leaves, brownish green. Leaves dying off early 
a pale yellow colour. Branehes medium sized and small, long, 
tapering, broadly shouldered and somewhat loose; compact and freely 
set. Berries medium, round, pale greenish vellow, becoming trans- 
parent when fully rive, or, if exposed to the bright sun, the one side 
becoming of a bright cinnamon russet, in which condition they are 
very much richer and sweeter. Flesh firm yet tender, crackling, 
juicy, sweet and agreeable to the palate. When kept until they 
begin to shrivel they are very rich. 
Cultural Notes—A standard early table grape; makes fairly 
good wine; ripens a fortnicht before Black Hamburgh. Generally 
pruned short. 
CHASSELAS Vipert.—A better hearer than the preeeding. Young 
shoots reddish and glossy. Bunches well set, berries green. Good 
for eating and for wine making. 
CIIASSELAS OF NeGrepont.—Must be allowed to hang until quite 
ripe, when it turns from a yale green to a bright red, changing to 
violet. Dossesses a fine arpearance and a pleasant aroma, also makes 
a clean, clear white wine. Ripens after Chasselas of Fontainebleau. 
Vigorous grower, spreading; canes long, thin, few tendrils, young 
leaves round and red; leaves medium size, green and glabrous, re- 
