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bluish violet, sometimtJ becoming purplish in the sun. Flesh 
tender, sweet, and pleasant. The leaves die off in autumn of 
fine red, yellow, and green colours. 
34. Lombardy. Thomp. Lind. 
Flame Coloured Tokay. Rhemish Red. 
Wantage. Red G-rape of Taurida. 
The Lombardy is remarkable for the very large size of the 
bunches, which are frequently twelve to eighteen inches long. 
It is a handsome fruit, the berries thickly set, (so much so as to 
need a good deal of thinning,) and it requires fire-heat to bring 
it to full perfection. 
Bunches very large, handsomely formed, with large shoul- 
ders. Berries large roundish. Skin thick, pale red or flame 
colour. Flesh firm, sweet, with a sprightly, very good flavour. 
35. Bed Chasselas. Thomp. Lind. Fors. 
Red Muscadine. Mill. Chasselas Rouge. Duh. 
This grape a good deal resembles the White Chasselas, ex- 
cept that the berries are slightly coloured with red. Very rare- 
ly, when over ripe, they become a dark red. 
Bunches loose, not large ; berries medium size, round. Skin 
thin, at first pale green, but when exposed to the sun they be- 
come red. Flesh tender, sweet, and very good. Not very hardy. 
Cultivation of the Native Grapes . 
The better varieties of the native grapes, are among the most 
valuable of fruits in the middle states. Hardy, vigorous, and 
productive, with a moderate amount of care they yield the 
farmer, and the common gardener, to whom the finer foreign 
sorts requiring much attention and considerable expense in cul- 
ture, are denied, the enjoyment of an abundance of very good 
fruit. In this part of the country no fruit is more common than 
the grape, and many families preserve large quantities for use 
during the winter months, by packing them away, as soon as 
ripe, in jars, boxes, or barrels, between layers of cotton batting 
— in which way they may be kept plump and fresh till Feb- 
ruary. 
The grape region has been lately greatly extended by the 
addition of new varieties, which, in consequence of ripening 
their fruit much earlier than the Isabella and Catawba, are 
suited to two or three degrees of latitude farther north than 
the limit of the cultivation of these varieties. 
The garden culture of the hardy native grapes, although 
Dot very difficult, cannot be accomplished so as to give the 
