324 THE GRAPE. 
selas or Royal Muscadine. Berries round, yellowish white. 
Skin thin. Flesh sweet, juicy, and agreeable in flavour. Ripena 
in August. The leaves are pale green on the upper side, slight 
ly downy below, cut into five, rather deep lobes, 
19. Prrmaston Wuire Ciuster. 
A pretty hardy grape, raised in Pitmaston, England, from the 
Black Cluster, ripening rather earlier than the Sweetwater, of 
good quality, and well deserving a place where the foreign grapea 
are cultivated in the open air. BO ta ce 4 
Bunches of medium size, compact and shouldered. Berries 
middle sized, round. Skin thin, amber colour, occasionally 
tinged with a little russet when fully ripe. Flesh tender, juicy, 
sweet and excellent. 
20. Royau Muscapins. Thomp. Lind. Mill. 
Amber Muscadine. - Chasselas blanc. : 
Early White Teneriffe. | Chasselas de Fontainebleau. to 
Golden Chasselas. D’Arbois. ae 
White Chasselas, Raisin de Champagne. sa 
Chasselas doré._ Amiens. 
A truly excellent grape in all respects—one of the very best 
for hardy culture in this climate, or for the vinery. It is every- 
where highly esteemed, and is the Chasselas 
( par excellence of the French. ; 
Bunches large, and shouldered. ' Berries, 
(fig. 94,) larger than those of the Sweetwater, 
round. Skin thin, at first_greenish white, 
but turning to an amber colour when fully 
ripe. Flesh tender, with arich and delicious 
; flavour. Ripens here about the 20th of Sep- 
Royal Muscadine. tember, Wood and foliage stronger than 
those of the Sweetwater. é . 
21. Scorcy Wurtz Ciusrer. Thomp. 
Blacksmith’s White Cluster. 
This is a new grape, not yet fairly tested in this country, but 
which is likely to prove a valuable one for garden culture, as it 
has the reputation in England of being very hardy, very early, | 
and a great bearer. It was raised from the seed by a. black- 
smith of Edinburgh in 1812. ae 
Bunches of middle size, compact. Berries medium sized, 
roundish-oval, Skin white, thin. Flesh tender, juicy, sweet, 
and excellent. ; oc 
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