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SMALL rPvUIT CULTURIST. 



Well known, and but little cultivated at the present time, 

 having been superseded by the following : 



Black IVaples. ( Cassis Royal of JSTaples.) — Yery large, 

 often three-fourths of an inch in diameter, black, sweet, 

 but of musky flavor ; clusters are medium, tapering, loose ; 



Fig. 98. — LEAF OF ^^HiTE proyf:nce. 



very vigorous grower, anil productive, when the plants 

 have attained considerable age and size ; leaves, stems and 

 fruit have a rank and musky scent, which is very disa- 

 greeable to many, but to others delightful. 



Black Grape» {Ogden's Black Grape)— Yxv:\\. same 



