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taken with them. The Purple Constantia is a decided improve- 

 ment in size. The bunches are well-shaped, and the berries a fair 

 size. To succeed with it the temperature required for the Muscat 

 of Alexandria is absolutely necessary. The Constantia vineyards 

 at the Cape of Good Hope were at one time very celebrated for 

 the wine made from this Grape. It has been a long time grown in 

 England, but does not appear ever to have become very popular 

 in our vineries. 



The Grizzly or Ked Frontignan is a very delicious Grape, 

 having a strongly marked Frontignan flavour ; it requires a warm 

 vinery to bring it to perfection. The bunches are loose and 

 irregular, and the colour of the berries is not well defined. I 

 have named enough sorts to give an amateur a good succession 

 of these Grapes from August to October. They are, however, 

 the Grapes of an amateur only, and, unless the public taste alters 

 very much, it is quite out of the question to recommend them for 

 the market. They have been known for many years in England, 

 and evidently some good reason exists for the dislike of Grape- 

 growers to cultivate them for profit. I have invariably heard 

 the remark " What delicious Grapes ! " from all who taste 

 them, and for my own part I admire them above all. As they 

 are not exacting, and can be grown in cool houses (with some 

 exceptions), a small house might, with advantage, be devoted to 

 their culture. If not large enough for the dessert of a formal 

 dinner, they would be heartily welcomed at breakfast or at 

 luncheon, and received with rejoicing at the dinner-table of the 

 children. 



THE ENEMIES OF THE VINE. 

 By Mr. E. D. Blackmore, F.R.H.S. 



Those who understand my subject a great deal better than I do 

 will probably be inclined to laugh at some of these sad experi- 

 ences. If they do so, I grudge them not, but am glad to produce 

 some merriment out of lugubrious matter. Over and over again 

 I have had the fortune, or misfortune, to lay before the learned a 

 fine sample of my woes, and receive the benefit of their sympathy, 



