218 GRAPE. 



many of these insects; and, later in the season, 

 bagging the bunches in white paper or gauze is a 

 good expedient for their preservation. The glean- 

 ings of the crop, which are in danger from frost, may 

 be cut from the trees and tied to a line stretched 

 across an airy room ; in which state they may be 

 kept for a month longer than they could be in the 

 open air. 



The grapes described in the following pages are 

 select sorts, and are arranged in three classes ; viz, 

 first, such as will ripen in the open air ; secondly, 

 such as require some assistance from glass ; and, 

 lastly, those which cannot be ripened in this country 

 without the assistance of both glass and fire heat. 



Early or Hardy Grapes. 



1. White Sweet Water, — This favourite grape has 

 been known to ripen in the last week of August on 

 the open wall ; but the bunches are seldom hand- 

 some (unless the weather at the flowering season 

 has been very favourable), many of the berries being 

 imperfect. The berries are middle-sized, round, 

 and of a pale-green colour; the skin is thin and 

 transparent ; the juice abundant and agreeable. The 

 tree is a good bearer ; and though it arrives at a 

 passable ripeness in the open air, it is greatly supe- 

 rior under glass. 



This grape is in great estimation, and is exten- 

 sively cultivated in Holland ; whence it was pro- 

 bably brought by Sir William Temple, about 1660. 

 One very simple method of ripening the sweet water 



