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do; But it must be considered that the blue Fron- 

 tinac grows close upon the bunch, and, therefore, 

 only is proper to be coupled with the loose-growing 

 kinds that have long foot-stalks. The white Mus- 

 cat of Alexandria produces large loose-growings 

 bunches, and the berries being very large and well- 

 flavoured, it must be a proper kind to be joined 

 with many other sorts. There is a peculiar 

 delicacy in the flesh of the white Sweetzvater : it is 

 also a remarkably thin-skinned grape, with large 

 berries ; consequently it is a proper kind to couple 

 with various sorts that are small and less delicate. 

 Were the red Frontinac and white Sweetwater 

 wedded together, their union would, probably, 

 produce a very valuable sort, as there would be a 

 good chance of its being both large and delicate, 

 and well flavoured. The Syrian Vine is only admired 

 for producing most astonishingly large bunches k , 



k This is supposed to be the sort of grape alluded to, Numbers, 

 xiii. 23. as it sometimes produces bunches of eight or ten pounds 

 weight and upwards. In the year 1781, a bunch was produced 

 at Welbeck that weighed 19 pounds and a half. It was pre- 

 sented by his Grace the Duke of Portland to the late Marquis 

 of Rockingham, and was conveyed to Wentworth-House (a 

 distance of more than twenty miles) by four labourers, who 

 carried it, suspended on a staff, in pairs, by turns. Its greatest 

 diameter, when hanging in its natural position, was 19 inches 

 and a half ; its circumference four feet and a half ; and its 

 length 21 inches three quarters. 



The following curious and important note on this extra- 

 ordinary bunch was written at that time by my much-esteemed 

 and learned friend, the Rev. Samuel Pegge, of Whittington, by 

 whose permission it is here inserted : . 



