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DESCKIPTIVE CATALOGUE, ETC. 



musky, and of excellent flavor. It ripens about the second 

 week of September, and is an excellent bearer. 



Blade Frontignac^ Violet Frontignac^ Muscat Noir. 

 Buddies small and short : berries round, and grow close in 

 bunches; skin black, covered with a fine light bloom, flesh 

 tender and juicy, of a rich vinous spicy flavor. 



Black Hamburg. Bunches tolerably large, with short 

 compact shoulders, tapering to a point; berries large, of an 

 oval form, skin rather thick, very nearly black, and covered 

 with a blue bloom ; flesh tender, sweet, and of a rich vinous 

 flavor ; ripens about the first of October, but will hang on 

 the vine till frost. This is, in every respect, one of the 

 finest black grapes that can be grown in the open air : it is 

 also a constant bearer. The leaves in the fall are mottled 

 with green and yellow. 



Black Prince. Bunches rather long and generally shoul- 

 dered: berries oval, and of a good size, skin rather thick, 

 of a dark purple, and covered with a thick bloom : flesh 

 white, sweet, juicy and well flavored : ripe about the first of 

 October. 



Black Lomhardy^ VVesth St. Peter^s. Bunches long and 

 well shouldered : berries large, round, and of a regular size; 

 skin thin and very black, juice plentiful and of a very high 

 flavor ; is perfectly ripe about the middle of October, and 

 will keep on the vines till frost. 



Black Muscacline, Black Chasselas, Violet Ohasselas, 

 Bunches about the size and shape of the Golden Chasselas : 

 berries perfectly round and covered with a blue bloom : flesh 

 juicy and of a very rich flavor: ripens about the first of 

 October. 



Frankendale. Bunches large, with small shoulders, and 

 rather longer than the Black Hamburg : berries round and 

 closely set; skin deep purple, approaching to black, covered 

 with a thin blue bloom; flesh tender, sweet, rich, and of a 

 luscious flavor: it is a great bearer, and fully ripe about 

 the end of September or first of October. 



Grizzly Frontignac^ Muscat Gris. Bunches of a medium 

 size, with small shoulders : berries round, of a light brown 

 color, intermixed with red and yellow; the juice is exceed- 

 ingly rich, and possessing a high spicy flavor : it ripens about 

 the middle of September, 



