THE GRAPE. 
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Bunches rather long. Berries of medium size, round, quite 
black. Skin thin, flavour musky and rich. Ripens in October. 
A good bearer. 
The blue frontignan, ( Violet Frontignan and Block Con- 
tantion , of some,) is rather inferior to the above, having only a 
slightly musky flavour ; the bunches are more compact, the 
berries not quite round, purplish, with a thick skin. 
3. Black Hamburgh. 
"Warner’s Black Hamburgh. 
Purple Hamburgh. 
Red Hamburgh. 
Brown Hamburgh. 
Dutch Hamburgh. 
Victoria. 
Salisbury Violet. 
Hampton Court Vine. 
Valentine’s. 
Gibaralter. 
Frankendale. 
Thomp. Lind. Speechly. 
Frankenthaler. 
Frankenthaler Gros Noir. 
Trollinger. 
Blue Trollinger. 
Troller. 
Welscher. 
Fleisch Traube. 
Hudler. 
Languedoc, 
Mohrendutte. 
Weissholziger Trollinger. 
of various 
European 
- gardens . 
ac. to 
Thomp. 
The Black Hamburgh has long been considered the first of 
black grapes for the vinery, but it will very rarely perfect its 
fruit out of doors. Its very large size and most luscious flavour 
render it universally esteemed. 
Bunches large (about nine inches deep), 
and mostly with two shoulders, making it 
broad at the top. Berries very large, (fig. 
93,) roundish, slightly inclining to oval. 
Skin rather thick, deep brownish purple, 
becoming nearly black at full maturity. 
Flavour very sugary and rich. A good and 
regular bearer. 
Wilmot’s New Black Hamburgh is a 
recent variety which is said to bear larger Blach Hamburgh. 
and handsomer fruit. 
4. Black Prince. Lind. Thomp. 
Alicant. 
Black Spanish. 
Black Valentia. 
Black Portugal. 
Boston. 
Sir A. Pytches’ Black. 
Pocock’s Damascus. 
Cambridge Botanic Garden. 
Steward’s Black Prince. 
Black Lisbon. 
ac. to 
* Thomp. 
The Black Prince is very highly esteemed. It is hardier 
than the Black Hamburgh, ripening very well here in good 
situations in the open air, and bearing profusely, with the easiest 
culture, in the vinery. 
Bunches long and not generally shouldered, berries large, 
rather thinly set, oval. Skin thick, black, covered with a thick 
blue bloom. Flavour first rate — sweet and excellent. 
