/HE GRAPE. 399 



Wilmot's New Black Hamburgh is similar, fruit larger, 

 bloom very thick, flesh firm, nearly or quite equal to the 

 common Hamburgh. 



Black Prince. Bunches very long, not wide at base ; ber- 

 ries large, thinly set, oval ; skin thick, black, with a thick 

 blue bloom ; flavor sweet and excellent. A good bearer. 

 Sometimes ripens in the open air. 



Black St. Peters, Black Portugal, and 'Cambridge Black, 

 much resemble this variety. 



Early Black July. (Syn. July, Madeleine.) Bunches small, 

 compact ; berries small, spherical, black, bloom blue, skin 

 thick ; flavor acid, becoming rather sweet, not rich. Very 

 early, ripens in open air soon after mid-summer. 



Class II. White, or yellow. 



Charlesworth Tokay. Bunches long, compact ; berries 

 large, oval, white, skin thick, with a rich, excellent, mus- 

 cat flavor. Hangs long, and is adapted to a forcing or 

 late house. New. English. 



Early White Malvasia. (Syn. Grove End Sweetwater, 

 Early Chasselas, White Mellier.) Bunches large, shoul- 

 dered ; berries round, yellowish white ; skin thin ; sweet, 

 juicy, agreeable. Early, good bearer, ripens in open air. 



Pitmaston "White Cluster. Bunches small, compact, 

 shouldered ; berries small, round, amber colored, some- 

 times with a little faint russet when fully ripe ; skin thin, 

 flesh tender, juicy, rich, of fine flavor. Open air, cold ot 

 forcing house. A seedling from Black Cluster, ripening 

 before Sweetwater. 



ROYAL MUSCADINE. (Syn. Chasselas, Golden Chasse- 

 las, White Chasselas, Early White Teneriffe, Chasselas de 

 Fontainebleau, "White Muscadine of some.) Bunches large, 

 long, sometimes shouldered ; berries rather large, round, 

 greenish, becoming a golden amber ; skin thin, flesh ten- 

 der, rich, delicious. Does not hang well — cracks some 

 seasons. Distinguished from Sweetwater by its larger 

 berries, and stronger growth of shoots. 

 26 



