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THE GRAPE. 



White Nice. 



A very large and showy fruit, and, in a vinery with fire-heat, a very 

 excellent sort. M'Intosh, an English gardener of reputation, has grown 

 bunches of this the White Nice to the enormous weight of eighteen 

 pounds, and considers it " one of the noblest of grapes." 



Bunches very large, with loose shoulders. Berries roundish, medium 

 size, thinly distributed over the shoulders and sides of the bunch. Skin 

 thin, rather tough, greenish white, becoming, finally, a little yellowish. 

 Flesh crisp, sweet, and of very good flavor. Leaves and wood very 

 strong, the latter remarkably downy beneath. 



White Bessling. 



Schloss Johannisberg. Rudesheimerberg. Riessling. 



Petit Riessling. Grosser Riessling. Rossling. 



Kleiner Riessling. 



The most celebrated Grape of the Bhine, producing the celebrated 

 Hock wines. 



Bunches of medium size, compact. Berries rather small, round. 

 Skin thin. Elesh tender and juicy, with sweet and sprightly pleasant 

 flavor. 



White Sweetwater. 



Early White Muscadine. White Muscadine. Early Sweetwater. 



Stillward's Sweetwater. Dutch Sweetwater. Chasselas Precoce. 



Chasselas Royal. Water Zoete Blanc. 



This Grape is better known and more commonly cultivated than any 

 other in this country, although it is inferior to the Boyal Muscadine. 

 It differs from the latter in having weaker wood, and open, loose 

 bunches of a paler color. 



Bunches middle-sized, loose or open, usually with many small imper- 

 fect berries, shouldered. Berries of the middle size, round. Skin thin, 

 clear watery green, rarely becoming amber, except very fully exposed to 

 the sun. Flesh crisp, watery, sweet, but not high-flavored. Bipens in 

 the open air from the 20th to the last of August — a fortnight earlier 

 than the Boyal Muscadine. 



White Tokay. 

 Genuine Tokay. Gray Tokay. Tokai blanc. 



This is the fruit from which the delicious Tokay wine of Hungary 

 is made. Its flavor is good, and its aroma peculiarly agreeable. 



Bunches of medium size, compact. Berries rounded oval, closely 

 set. Skin thin, of a dull white. Flesh very delicate, sweet and per- 

 fumed. 



Yeddo. 



A variety from Japan, introduced with high praise, but proved of 

 little value. 



Bunches medium. Berries medium, brownish. Flesh rich and 

 sweet. Not good enough for the vinery, and liable to mildew in the 

 open air. 



