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On two new Varieties of Grape. 



of the same age ; and I think it contains more saccharine 

 matter than any Grape with which I am acquainted, exclu- 

 sive of the Verdelho Grape of Madeira. This variety is very 

 productive; and will, probably, prove well calculated for 

 early forcing. The berries are generally larger than those 

 you received from me.* 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Your humble servant, 



Thomas Andrew Knight. 



Downton, 

 January 30, 1812. 



* I believe this little Grape to be better calculated for the press, in a cool 

 climate, than any we now possess, and that, if trained to low walls, in the wanner 

 parts of England, it would afford a wine of considerable strength. 



