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vinery, and has been known to ripen two thousand 

 bunches, of a pound weight each, in one season ! 

 When this vine is planted in a house, the front wall 

 should be on arches, in order that the roots may have 

 scope to extend in all directions. It succeeds under 

 any style or method of training ; and altogether is 

 one of the most useful varieties of its kind. 



10. Red Hamburgh, — This was introduced with 

 the foregoing, and received its name from Miller, 

 It is sometimes called the Gibraltar, it being common 

 in that fortress. Except colour, there is but very 

 little difference between the red and black : the 

 berries of the former are, perhaps, a little more 

 globular, and there is an opinion that it is not so 

 sure a bearer. The red is much cultivated in 

 Guernsey and Jersey in pots, and, when in fruit, are 

 brought in considerable quantities to Southampton 

 market for sale. This is mentioned to show, that 

 grapes may be grown in pots with much more facility 

 and certainty than many British practitioners are 

 aware of. 



11. Black Frontigniac, — This is called by the 

 French the Muscat noir ; the epithet Muscat being 

 given to all grapes having a musk-like flavour, 

 Frontigniac, or Frontinans, is a town in France, 

 where a peculiarly high-flavoured wine is manufac- 

 tured, as well as that called Constantia. The latter 

 is also made at the Cape of Good Hope, but chiefly 

 from the Muscat of Alexandria grape. 



The branches and berries of the black Frontigniac 

 are suiall, the latter growing closely together, and 



