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nificant size of the berries. It is valuable as a wine 

 grape. 



2. Black Hamburg (Red Hamburg, Black Lisbon, 

 <kc.) — Bunches, large and long ; berries, round and 

 large ; color, rich dark purple ; flesh, rather firm, rich, 

 sugary, and delicious ; habit, robust and prolific under 

 favorable conditions. The best black grape for the 

 Brisbane district, and probably the most useful grape 

 in cultivation. Experiments have proved it to be a 

 good stock upon which to graft the more tender mus- 

 cats. 



3. Black Prince, — Bunches, large and long \ berries, 

 very large, oval, and mostly set loose ; color, dark 

 purple, with fine bloom next the sun — greenish purple 

 where shaded ; skin, thin, and in wet weather very 

 liable to decay ; habit, moderate free grower \ crop, 

 rather uncertain, and in some seasons liable to blight ; 

 flavor, only medium; but in appearance the most hand- 

 some of all grapes. 



4. Isabella (American) — Bunches, medium; berries, 

 above medium and oval ; flesh, firm, and adhering to 

 the seed until perfectly ripe, musky, vinous, rich, and 

 sweet ; ripens unequally in some positions and seasons, 

 and the ripe berries fall off the bunch ; very prolific 

 and hardy; resists the oidium. 



5. Lombardy (Flame- tokay, Wantage) — Bunches, 

 very large and handsome; berries, large, round to oval; 

 flesh, tender, sweet, pleasant flavor ; quality, second- 

 rate ; a vigorous grower and abundant bearer. 



6. Parsley-leaf Muscadine (Ciotatj — Bunches and 

 berries similar to the White Muscadine ; a good early 

 grape, but in some very hot seasons the fruit suffers 

 from the foliage not affording it sufficient protection. 



7. White Muscadine — Bunches, shouldered, medium 

 size, and handsome ; berries, round, rather large, and 

 loosely set, allowing them to get perfectly ripe ; skin, 

 thin, and if exposed to the sun turning a pale yellow ; 



