38 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [June 



M'§typ^ ; ; — *wm 



( ^ ed ; berries medium size, round, of a fine transparent yellow; flavor 

 ^p slightly smoky; a sweet and excellent grape, and a good bearer. 



( No, 8. Dcc:ins Superb, — Young wood light green, changing to a red- 

 dish brown on the exposed side; foliage dark green, slightly lobed, of- 

 ten almost enHre, broadly serrated, recurved ; a robust grower; bunches 

 shape of the Black Hamburg, (No. 1.) berries large, often Sill, in cir- 

 cumference, round ; color light amber, of a sweet and pleasant flavor; 

 a grape well worthy of cultivation. 



No. 9. De la Palestine. — Young wood reddish ; foliage light green, 

 pubescent on the underside ; five-lobed, lobes deep^ deeply serrated ; 

 petioles long, brownish, pubescent ; bunches large, often twenty or 

 thirty inches in length with very long shoulders ; berries rather small 

 oval, with a rather thick skin, and firm flesh of a dull yellowish color, 

 speckled with brown spots on the exposed side ; flavor sweet and plea- 

 sant ; rather late, shy in setting its fruit. 



No. 10. Durelto. — Young wood light green ; foliage large, deepty lobed, 

 broadly serrated, very downy on the underside ; petiole long, thick, 

 with a red tinge ; bunch long loose, shoulders long; berries long oval, 

 medium size — a strong grower. 



No. 11. Espcrion. — Young wood red ; foliage dark green, with five 

 deep lobes, broad and irregularly serrated ; petioles long red. The 

 leaves change to an orange hue before falling ; bunches medium size, 

 well shouldered ; berries varying in form, of a deep purple color in- 

 clining to black, not high flavored but pleasant; a very prolific and 

 hardy grape, known by the following synonymes : — Blue Windsor, 

 Turners Black, Cumber laitd Lodge. 



No. 12. Eschalot. — Young wood reddish green, smooth ; foliage dark 

 green, with five deep lobes, deeply serrated; petioles long and smooth, 

 tinged with red. 



NOTES ON GRAPE CULTURE. 



BY WM. SANDERS, OF BALTIMORE. 



The culture of foreign grapes under glass, without the aid of arti- 

 ficial heat, is a subject gradually rising in importance, and one par- 

 ticularly worthy the attention of every person possessing opportuni- 

 ties for its adoption. That the finest grapes can be produced in their 

 greatest perfection in cold structures has been fully demonstrated. 

 Even in greenhouses, with a border prepared outside for the roots, 

 a yearly production of a crop of this delicious fruit may be easily 

 secured, provided arrangements be made for the withdrawal of the 

 vines during the winter season. The following "notes on the practical ( 



