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DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIGENOUS Cx RAPES. 



Regnier de Nice {erroneously Reine or Queen of Nice), large, oval, white shaded with rose 

 color, very beautiful, large cluster, fine flavor. 



Red Traminer, small, roundish, rose-color, sweet aromatic, pleasant for dessert, cluster small 

 and compact, vine very hardy, productive. An esteemed Wine and Table Grape on the Rhine 

 and in Switzerland. 



Raisin de Calabre, large, round, white, large cluster, juicy, rich, musky flavor, excellent, 

 valuable for hanging late. 



Royal Muscadine, White Nice or Xeres. These prove identical ; medium, round, amber, sweet, 

 pleasant flavor, distinguished by its monstrous shouldered loose cluster from the true Chasselas 

 varieties, the bunch often weighing four to six pounds ; vine of vigorous growth, good bearer, one 

 of the hardiest of its class, 



Syrian White, very large, oval, immense cluster, firm, and when allowed to hang until fully 

 matured, is very good, requires powerful heat to perfect its fruit. 



Tokay des Jardins, a beautiful variety of Chasselas, small, rose-colored, very sweet, rich Chas- 

 selas flavor, very estimable. 



Verdelho, a Madeira grape, small, oval, white, finest quality, a great favorite, vine of strong 

 growth, very productive. 



Victoria Hamburg, closely resembles the Black Hamburg, but appears to be an improved 

 variety, 



Wilmot's Black Hamburg, very large, round, compressed, very black, quality variable, often 

 fine. It must hang long after coloring in order to mature fully. 



White Bual, pale amber, obovate, compact cluster, godd flavor, ripens late. 



White Corinth. This is not the Sultana 5 it is a small, white, seedless grape, in compact clus- 

 ters, beautiful, sweet, very pleasant flavor. 



White Gascoigne, large, ovate, large compact cluster, shouldered, fine flavor. 



White Hamburg, large, oval, very handsome, large cluster, good, second quality in flavor. 



White Muscat of Alexandria, large, oval, pale amber, long loose branching cluster, crisp, sweet, 

 hiirhest aromatic musky flavor, ripens late. A most exquisite fruit. Cannon Hall Muscat is a 

 valieiy of this, and the Tottenham Park and Portuguese Muscats greatly resemble it. 



White Kiessling, small, compact cluster, sweet, pleasant flavor, very productive, a celebrated 

 Rhenish wine grape, and of easy outdoor culture here — being very hardy. 



White Chasselas, medium, round, loose cluster, sweet, good flavor, estimable, but secondary to 

 others of the same class. 



White Tokay, medium, ovate, compact cluster, moderate size, sweet, perfumed, in flavor 

 similar to the Golden Chass-elas, much esteemed, hardy, productive, and suited to open culture. 



Zinfardel (erroneously Zinfindal), full medium, round, black, thick bloom, very large, double- 

 shouldered cluster, requires to hang long after coloring to perfect its maturity. 



DESCRIPTIO^fS OF AMERICAN INDIGENOUS GRAPES. 



Alexander (Penn.) known by many synonyms, medium nearl}/ as large as Isabella, roundish, 

 slightly oval, black with bloom, thick skin, juicy, fair flavor, tough pulp, dissolving w^hen fully 

 matured, then sweet and musky, cluster rather compact, sometimes a small shoulder; vine very 

 hardy, suitable for the North, exceedingly vigorous, very productive, ripens 10th of September. 



Amanda, medium size, blackish purple with bloom, very juicy, vinous, melting pulp, little foxy 

 flavor, sweet when fully ripe, very good, drops soon after maturity ; cluster small, vine hardy, 

 vigorous, very productive ; ripens last of August. 



Amber Catawba, size of its parent the Catawba, amber hue, sweet, slight musky aroma, mild, 

 very agreeable for table, estimable for wine; ripens fifteen days before the Catawba. 



American Hamburg, a Fox variety, bu-ge, round, black, pulpy, thick skin, very showy, not near 

 so good as Concord ; vine y^vy hardy, robust and productive, 



Anna (Dr Grant), large, round, greenish white, bronzed on the sunny side, dotted and covered 

 with bloom, translucent, handsome; high spicy flavor, similar to the White ^Muscat of Alexandria, 

 very firm tough pulp at the North which disiolves at tlie South, hard to ripen in this latitude, 

 adhesive to the centre, flavor rich, peculiar, sugary and vinous, b.-ing entirelj^ distinct from, and 

 less acid than that of the Catawba. It is perfectly hardy, as early as the Catawba, hangs long, 

 and continues to improve to the clo?e of the season ; cluster large, shouldered, loose, but said to 

 become Jiiore com|)act as the vine advances; vine hardy, vigorous, very productive, suitable here 

 for Grapery, and for ojien culture South of the Potomac — It has not yet been fully matured here, 

 but great hopes are entertained, and further South it will attain perfection and undoubtedly prove 

 of great value. 



