The Berries of this are something larger than those of the Black Muscadine, and grow much thinner upon the bunches: they are of a dark red colour when highly ripened. Juice sweet, and of a very good flavour. Requires a vinery.

33. RED FRONTIGNAN.

Red Frontignac. Speechly, No. 15.
Muscat Rouge. Duhamel, No. 7. t. 4.

Bunches larger than those of the Black Frontignan, and without shoulders. Berries larger also, perfectly round, and of a dark red colour. Flesh delicate and tender. Juice plentiful, of a most rich, musky, vinous flavour.

It requires a hothouse, and is one of our very best grapes.

34. RED GRAPE FROM SYRACUSE. Speechly, No.5. The Berries of this are very large, of a red colour, and of an oval shape, somewhat irregularly formed. They hang rather loosely upon the Bunches, which are pretty large. The Skin is thick, and the Flesh hard. It requires a hothouse.

Mr. Speechly says it is a noble grape, and but little known in this country. It makes strong wood, and is a most excellent bearer.

35. RED HAMBURGH. Speechly, No. 19. Warner's Red Hamburgh.

Ib.

Brown Hamburgh. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 75.
Gibraltar. Ib. No. 67.

The Berries of this are of a dark red or purple colour, with a thin Skin, and a juicy delicate Flesh. The size and figure of both the bunch and the berry are very much like the Black Hamburgh, except the latter being less oval, and growing more loosely on the bunches.

When the berries of the Red Hamburgh are imperfectly ripened, they are of a pale brown colour, which occasions it to be called the Brown Hamburgh; but if

perfectly matured, it is by many considered to be the richest and best flavoured of the two.

The leaves of this in the autumn become mottled with green, purple, and yellow: those of the Black Hamburgh are mottled with green and yellow only: they were both brought into this country by Mr. Warner, of Rotherhithe.

The oldest vine of this kind known in England is that at Valentine's House, near Ilford, in Essex.

Mr. Gilpin, in his Forest Scenery, Vol. i. p. 153., says it was planted a cutting in 1758, and is the parent of the well known Hamburgh vine now growing at Hampton Court.

86. RED MUSCADEL. Speechly, No. 9.

The Berries of this are large, oval, and of a beautiful red colour, having the rudiments of the style adhering to their ends; the Skin is thick and the Flesh hard, something like the Raisin Grape. The Bunches frequently arrive at the weight of six or seven pounds, and are most elegantly formed of berries of an equal size. The leaves change in autumn to a beautiful red and green colour.

It is one of our latest grapes, and requires a hothouse. 37. RED MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA. Miller, No. 28. Red Frontignac of Jerusalem. Ib.

Red Jerusalem Muscat. Ib.

Muscat d'Alexandrie Rouge. Knoop. Fruct. P. 146. Bunches pretty large, and shouldered. Berries rather large, of an oval shape. Skin thick, of a red colour. Flesh very firm, with a saccharine, high-flavoured, musky Juice.

It requires a hothouse.

Bradley says it requires a good deal of sun to bring it to perfection, but it is then one of our best grapes. It is more esteemed about Paris than the White Muscat. When against good walls, it ripens very well, without any artificial heat.

38. SAINT AUGUSTIN GRAPE. G. Lind. Cat. 1815. Bunches pretty large, with moderately sized shoulders. Berries of an unequal size and form: the large ones are oval, obtuse at the head, and contain three or four seeds each; the middle-sized are round, and contain one or two seeds; the small ones are round also, and are without seeds. Skin rather thick, deep red or purple, covered with a blue bloom. Flesh firm, with a sweet

and rather musky Juice.

It requires a vinery, or perhaps a stove.

In the autumn of 1794, I observed a vine growing against the south side of a house, in the parish of Saint Augustin, near the gates, in Norwich. A few of the bunches were then pretty ripe, and some of the largest berries measured three inches and three quarters in circumference. This tree, which is the original one in this country, was imported from Spain about fifty years ago, by a Mr. Lindoe, a manufacturer, of that city, and planted against the house of Benjamin Cogman, which is now (1830) inhabited by his son, and where the tree is still growing. I have not yet seen this fine grape under glass; but I expect ere long to give some account of its merits, when grown under a higher temperature. 39. VARIEGATED CHASSELAS. Hort. Trans. Vol. i. p. 259. t. 16.

Bunches rather long, without shoulders. Berries rather small, of a round figure, hanging loose upon the bunches. Skin very thin, of a bluish violet, where shaded; but where exposed, of a deep purple. Flesh tender, with a very saccharine Juice, and of a pretty good flavour.

It has ripened at Downton Castle, where it was raised, and an account of it sent to the Horticultural Society, Feb. 4. 1812. It sprang from a seed of the White Chasselas, impregnated with the pollen of the Aleppo : the leaves are variegated in the autumn with red,

green, and yellow; and they have long, red, flattish petioles.

It requires a vinery.

In warm seasons it would ripen on a south wall, upon a dry bottom.

40. WORTLEY HALL GRAPE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 516.

Bunches in general appearance like those of the Black Hamburgh. They are well shouldered and tapering, and the berries regularly distributed. Berries large, rather oval than round, somewhat broadest at the head, with an irregular surface. Skin very glossy, dark purple. Flesh thick, but juicy, sweet, and pleasant; with a very slight Muscat flavour. Seeds large, but rarely more than one in each berry.

It requires a hothouse.

This grape sprang up from seed, in the stove at Wortley Hall, in Yorkshire, and first bore fruit in 1819, when it was exhibited at the Horticultural Society: the bunch weighed two pounds.

SECT. III.-White or Yellow Fruited.

41. ALEXANDRIAN CIOTAT. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 3. t. 1.

Bunches large and long, with narrow shoulders. Berries oval, a little broader at the head than next the stalk, and they sit rather thin upon the bunches. Skin pale yellow on the shaded part; but where exposed to the sun, of an amber colour, and covered with numerous brown russetty dots. Flesh firm, like the Muscat of Alexandria, but not with its perfume: the Juice is, however, good; and it is a great bearer.

It requires a vinery.

Raised some years ago by John Williams, Esq. in his garden at Pitmaston, near Worcester.

42. BOURDELAS. Duhamel, No. 13. Bourdelais. Ib.

Burdelais. Miller, No. 10.

Bunches very large, weighing sometimes five or six pounds. Berries large, of an oval figure, growing very close upon the bunch, and containing generally four seeds. Skin nearly white, approaching to yellow as the berries become ripe. The Flesh is hard and the Juice, unless well ripened, too austere to be palatable.

It would require a hothouse to bring this to perfection; but its merits are not sufficient to deserve its being cultivated in this country.

The French have two other kinds of Bourdelas; one with red fruit, and the other black. In untoward seasons, they press them for verjuice.

43. CIOTAT. Speechly, No. 45.
Parsley-leaved. Ib.

Ciotat. Duhamel, No. 5. t. 2.
Raisin d'Autriche.

Ib.

Parsley-leaved Muscadine. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 39. Bunches nearly the size of the White Muscadine. Berries round, white, of a middling size, with a thin Skin, and a delicate juicy Flesh, which is very sweet, but not highly flavoured. The leaves are finely divided, wholly different from any other sort.

It will ripen pretty well on a south wall, in a warm season; but the bunches are larger, and the berries much better flavoured, in the vinery.

Miller says it was originally brought from Canada, where it grows wild in the woods. This is probably a mistake, which may have arisen from Cornutus having inserted it in his work. It was cultivated here by John Tradescant, jun., in 1656.