THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



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it has a small loose bunch, and round sweet-flavoured 

 berry ; it bears well, and the leaves are not large. 



The black sweet-imter has a larger berry, closer 

 bunch, and richer flavour ; but it is not so hardy or 

 so good a bearer. 



The black cluster, of which there are several va- 

 rieties, is a very hardy plant and a great bearer ; the 

 berries are small, round, and close in the bunch ; 

 but their flavour is strong, and more suitable for 

 making wine than for the dessert. 



The esperione is an excellent black grape, hardy, 

 a great bearer, round berries, close bunch, and fla- 

 vour resembling the Hamburgh. 



The black prince and black ffontinidc are both 

 good grapes, and should be planted in the warmest 

 part of the green-house. 



Of white grapes none are more suitable than the 

 muscadine, especially the small early variety ; and 

 next, the common siveet-water, and ivhite frontiniac ; 

 the latter placed in the warmest part of the house. 



But, perhaps, of all others, the Black Hamburgh 

 is the most suitable for a green-house. 



In planting these grapes, a white and red sort, or, 

 as the reds or blacks are generally preferred to the 

 whites, two reds and one white, should be planted 

 alternately, in order that there may be a finer effect 

 produced by the fruit when it begins to ripen, and the 

 leaves in autumn when they begin to decay. At that 

 season the leaves of the red sorts take a scarlet, and 

 those of the whites a yellowish hue. 



