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ance for the size of the bunches should be made* 

 The berries of this sort afterwards proved much 

 larger, and the whole vine both in fruit and foliage 

 seems much nearer allied to the Syrian than the 

 D'arboyce. *t 



31. CLARET GRAPE. 



The berries of this species are small, black, and 

 inclining to an oval figure ; they grow close, and 

 form small bunches. The juice is of a blood-red 

 colour, of a harsh taste, excepting the grapes are 

 perfectly matured, and then it may be considered 

 rather as an agreeable delicate fruit. The leaves 

 change from green to a russet-red early in summer, 

 and die a deep red in autumn. *t 



32. SYRIAN GRAPE. 



The berries are white, large, and of an oval 

 figure ; the skin is thick, and the flesh firm and 

 hard ; the bunches well formed, and enormously 

 large. Now, though this is generally considered 

 as a coarse fruit, it has properties that ought to 

 introduce it into every large collection, and especi- 

 ally the Hot-house. It is very prolific, and the 

 bunches commonly grow very large, making a most 

 noble appearance, and when well perfected, may 

 be called a very eatable fruit $ to which I may 

 add, that they may, without difficulty, be kept 

 many weeks longer than any other sort. I have 

 often had them in good perfection in the month of 



