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main green in autumn. Bunches medium size, cylindrical, thick, 
regular; pedunele short, slightly coloured; berries medium size, 
‘Jarger than Chasselas Rose or Chasselas Violet, spherical, firm. Very 
fertile; sets well. One of the Archipelago grapes. 
Granp CENTENNIAL. sport of Waltham Cross raised in Vie- 
toria. Vine very vigorous. Leaves large, woud strong. Bunches 
large to very large, shouldered loose. Berries large, oval, greenish 
yellow, of irregular size, with a tendency to crackling; fleshy and 
cracking when ripe; few seeds; very handsome. Succeeds well on 
deep, fresh loam. 
Wa.LtHam Cross.—Berries large, oval, amber coloured, very 
sweet. Make a fair raisin. A profitable grape. 
Mapresrtenp Courr.—a black oval muscat grape. Fairly early 
to mid-season, excellent in quality and very handsome. Vine: 
moderately strong grower; wood with prominent dark brown buds, 
often covered with a thin coating of down. Leaves medium sized, 
rugose, deeply lobed, deep green, leaf stalk and ribs reddish; leaves 
die off crimson. Bunches large, long, and tapering, well set; the 
point often forked; shoulders small, stalk stout. Berries large, oval; 
skin tough, dark purple, covered with large blue bloom; flesh thick, 
greenish, tender, and sweet. Said to be a eross between Muscat of 
Alexandria and Black Moroeco. 
Rep Muscat or FrRoNTIGNAN (syn. Grizzly Frontignan, Mus- 
eatel-Constantia in W.A.).—A round red or tawny Muscat grape. 
Season: mid-season (third period). Merits: first-rate in quality, 
but rather small; makes a luscious wine. Vine: growth strong, 
free, and ripening freely; very fruitful. Wood: spreading shoots 
of a brown-red colour, thick but short internodes, not very prominent 
nodes. Leaves medium sized, as broad as they are long, three or 
five lokes, deep ly toothed, very thin; upper surface of a fine grey 
colour and glabrous; under surface of grey colour, with a few stiff 
hairs covering the veins, which are slightly prominent, yellow and 
smooth, dying off yellow. Fruit: bunches medium sized, rather 
long, somewhat cvlindrieal in shape, but occasionally shouldered; 
generally well set. Ferries medinm sized, round, closely set. Skin 
thin, membranous, of a dull red or tawny colour on the side most 
exposed, and paler on the shaded side, generally covered with a thin 
bloom. Flesh very firm, with a verv rich, pleasant, and decided 
museat flavour; when kert hanging on the vine after being ripe 
the fruit is very art to shrivel, but is then exceeding rich and ex- 
cellent. There is a white variety which answers the same description. 
Cultural Notes.—Extensively grown in the South of France and 
in Australia, as well as at the Cape, where, blended with Tinto, it 
makes the “Constantia” sweet wine. Imported from the Cape into 
Western Australia in the early days, and is generally known locally 
