THE GRAPE. 
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a large and very excellent one, ripening late, and well worthy 
of a place in the vinery. It requires some fire-heat. 
Bunches of medium size, shouldered, rather loose. Berries 
large, round, often slightly flattened. Stones quite small. Skin 
thin, purplish black, slightly covered with bloom. Flesh tender 
and sweet, with a very high flavoured, rich juice. 
10. Black Muscadine. Lind. Thomp. 
Black Chasselas. Ckasselas Noir. 
A pretty good black grape, scarcely succeeding well, how- 
ever, in the open air, and inferior to other sorts for the vinery. 
Bunches of medium size, compact. Berries roundish-oval. 
Skin thick, black, overspread with a blue bloom. Juice sweet, 
and of pretty good flavour 
11. Black Sweetwater. Thomp. Lind. 
Water Zoet Noir. 
Bunches small, compact. Berries small, round. Skin thm, 
with a sweet and pleasant juice. A second rate, but rather 
hardy sort. 
12. Early Black July. Thomp. Lind. 
July Grape. 
Madeline. 
Madeline Noir. 
Raisin precoce. Pouteau. 
Morillon Hatif. 0. Duh. 
De St. Jean. 
Schwarzer Friihzeitiger. 
Burguider. 
August Traube. 
Jacobs straube. 
of the 
Germans 
The earliest of grapes, and chiefly valued for the dessert on 
that account. In the open air it ripens, here, the last of July, 
or early in August. The leaves are rather small, and light 
green above and beneath. 
Bunches small and compact. Berries small, quite round. 
Skin thick, black, covered with a blue bloom. Flavour mode- 
rately sweet, but not rich or perfumed. 
13. Esperione. Thomp. Lind. 
Turner’s Black. Hardy Blue Windsor. 
Cumberland Lodge. 
The Esperione is a hardy, luxuriant, and prolific grape, grow- 
ing as well in the open air as the Muscadine, and even better in 
many situations. It is yet very rare with us, but merits more 
general cultivation. 
Bunches large, shouldered, like the Black Hamburgh in size. 
Berries round, or occasionally flattened, and often indented with 
a groo - e. Skin thick, dark purple, powdered with a thick blue 
