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Old White Frontignac, to which the Purple Constantia is 

 nearly allied except in colour. 



No. XIV. Blue, or Violet Frontignac. 

 This is the true Old Frontignac. No Grape will stand 

 early forcing better ; its leaves are small and firm, and not 

 liable to scorch ; it is very prolific, but the bunches are small, 

 with short stiff peduncles, for which reason it is not a good 

 kind for packing or carriage, the berries breaking off easily. 

 It has recently been imported from France by a gentleman 

 who sent me a plant under the name of Noir Precoce. 



No. XV. Red Frontignac. 

 Is very much like the Grizzly Frontignac ; its colour is a 

 little darker, and I never saw the bunches so large and well 

 shouldered as the latter kind, which is the better Grape of 

 the two. 



No. XVI. White Sweetwater. 



Well known as a good standing kind. The variety described 

 by Mr. Speechly was the old Dutch kind, which he obtained 

 when in Holland. The variety called Stillward's Sweetwater 

 is now cultivated here, as being larger in the bunches and 

 berries also, the latter of which are of a more delicate dead 

 white, with transparent veins. The liability of the tender 

 foliage to be scorched, and the berries to crack in a moder- 

 ately high and humid temperature, renders this Grape rather 

 improper for a Pine stove. 



No. XVII. Black Sweetwater. 



Both bunches and berries of this kind are smaller than the 

 White Sweetwater ; and, as Mr. Speechly justly observes, 



