CLiBRANS’ LIST OF FRUITS, 1908-9. 
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GRAPE VINES. 
We can strongly recommend our Forcing and Planting Canes to the 
notice of buyers. They are grown without bottom heat, have an abund- 
ance of good fibrous roots, and are exceedingly strong, short jointed, and 
thoroughly well ripened. 
STRONG PLANTING CANES, 3/6 & 5/- each. 
STRONG FRUITING CANES, 7/6, 10/6 & 12/6 each. 
The best for Cool Houses are marked (C). 
No. General Collection. 
2 Alnwick Seedling, large jet black oval berries ; well shouldered 
handsome bunches ; keeps well. 
3 Appley Towers, a late black oval grape of first rate quality, with a 
strong rich flavour ; keeps well. 1st C.C. 
4 Barbarossa (Gros Guillaume), a late black round grape, bunches 
large, broad shouldered and tapering. 
7 Black Alicante, berries oval, black and densely covered with bloom ; 
bunches large and handsome ; strong constitution, excellent keeper. 
C 6 Black Hamburgh, berries large, roundish oval, of a deep blue-black 
colour, bunches medium sized and broadly shouldered. Excellent 
for forcing, and the best of all for a main crop. 
8 Bowood Muscat, a large highly flavoured oval-berried grape, of a 
pale amber colour; bunches large, often strongly shouldered. 
C 9 Buekland Sweetwater, a round white early grape, very showy and 
handsome. 
[2 Diamond Jubilee, berries of large size and oval shape, produced in 
fine bunches, richly flavoured ; free setter and very early. 
C 14 Duke of Buceleueh, a large, round, tender and juicy Sweetwater 
Grape, of pleasant flavour ; bunches large and broadly shouldered. 
15 Ferdinand de Lesseps, a fine clear greenish yellow; flesh tender, 
melting, juicy and sweet, with a strong aroma of strawberries ; an 
early Muscat Grape. 
C 16 Foster's Seedling, one of the finest and most easily cultivated of 
white grapes ; early, and a certain cropper. 
C 18 Gamai Noir, the best grape for out-door cultivation. Extensively 
grown in the Marquis of Bute’s vineyard, near Cardiff. 
C 19 Golden Queen ( Pearson’s ), a late white oval Muscat, of good flavour. 
2 1 Gros Colmar, berries very large, round, jet black, with a beautiful 
bloom ; late, and hangs well. 
C 22 Gros Maroe, large oval black berries, covered with a dense dark 
bloom ; an extremely handsome mid-season variety. 
28 Lady Downe’s Seedling, a first rate black late-hanging grape, of 
excellent flavour. 
