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Show Vi Wa in very dry Weather; and may thenbe tranf- Grape 5 Vi this is called the Burgundy in Eng thofe Plants rais’d from Cuttings. land, ‘The Leaves ofthis Sort are very much powder’d with White, efpecially in the Spring, when theyfirft come out, from whence it had VITIS ; [fo cvll’d from vico, Lat. to bend, or bind, becaufe its Clafpers take hold of the neighbouring Plants.] The Vine. The Charaéters are ; the Name of Miller’s Grape. It produces middle-fiz’d black Grapes, which growclofe upon the Bunches, and are generally hort and thick. This is an excellent Bearer, and planted out, and manag’d as was directed for The Flower conjifts of many Leaves, are placed in a circular Order, and expan of a Rofe; the O 6. Vitis; precox Columelle, acinis dulcibus, icantibus. The black Morillon. This is called in Burgundy, Pineau, and at Orleans, Auverna. \t is a very {weet Grape, lof a middle Size, fomewhat oval, and of a fine Fruit, ch is very ful zs many fmall Stones i added, black Colour; the Bunches are fomewhat longer than thofe of the former. This makes That the I? b Clafpers at th it felf to t fa fiands near it, a hardySort. very good Wine. Vitis 3; uvd perampld, and the Fruit is dulcibus durioribus. blanc, aby f The Wild Vine, only call’d the Claret Grape. This Sort of Grape is pretty well known in Exgland; it has a Berry of a middling Size, of deep black Colour, covered over with a Bloomlike a Plum, which may be wiped off; the Juice ftains of a deep red Colour, and before it is quite dead-ripe, is of an auftere Tafte ; the Bunches are pretty large, but fhort, having commonly two SideBunches or Shoulders, on the upper part of the Bunch; the Leaves of this Vine are jagged, and change a deep red Colour before theyfall off. 2. Witis; precox, Columelle. This is called in England the Fuly H. R. Par. Grape, but in France, Morillon and Vigne haftive. This is the earlieft Grape at prefent knownin England, for whichit is chiefly preferved, for it is not much efteem’dfor its Goodnefs : The Skin is thick, the Juice but very indifferent, and the Berries do commonly grow very thin upon the Bunches. Thefe are of a middle Size, and of a dark, muddy, red Colour. 3. Vitis 5 Corinthiaca, five Apyrina. F. B. The Corinth Grape, vulgarly called the Currant Grape : Is an early Ripener, the Berry is fmall and flender, the Juice very fweet, and hath very little Stone. Of this Kind there are two or three different Colours, Black, and Tawney. as *Red, Tourn. Bar-fur-Aube, White acinis albidis, The Chaffelas Chaffelas, or Royal Mufcadine. This is a large white Grape, and grows clofe upon the Bunches, whichare alfo very large, and have commonly two {mall Side-Bunches or Shoulders, producedfrom the upper Part of the Bunch; the Berries, when full ripe, if well expos’d to the Sun, change to a pale amber Colour, the Juice is very rich, and the Fruit is commonly ripe early in September. 8. Vitis; uvd perampld, acinis dulcibus, nigricantibus. Tourn. The Chaffelas Noir, i. ¢. the Black Chaffelas. This is very often called the Black Mufcadine. The Berries of this are as large as thofe of the former, the Bunches are commonly larger, and are fomewhat later ripe; the Juice is very rich. If well expofed, they bear well, and are ripe toward the End ofSeprember. g. Vitis 3 uvd perampld, acinis dulcibus rubentibus. Tourn. The Red Chaffelas. This is alfo called the Red Mujcadine. The Berries of this Sort are alittle larger than thofe of the former, and grow much thinner upon the Bunches, are ofa faint red Colour, and the Juice is very fweet, but later ripe, upon which account it is not fo valuable in England. 10. ViITIS; uvd perampld, acinis ovatis, albidis. Tourn, The Burdelais, vulgarly called Burlake. The Berries of this Kind are very This is the Sort which large, of an oval Shape, and grow pretty clofe is brought from the Iflands near the Morea, on the Bunches, which are fometimes of a prodigious Size. I have feen a Bunchof thefe Grapes which has weighed five Pounds. But by the Name of Currants, and fold by the Grocers of London, to put into Puddings, &c, laciniatis foliis, Cornut. The leav’d Grape, vulgé. This Sort was ginally brought from Canada, whereit grows wild in the Woods; andis preferv’d in the Gardens ofthe Curious, for the Variety of its fine jagged Leaves. This is a pretty large white Grape, and has a fweet Juice, but not they never ripen in this Country, fo that theyare fit for nothing, except Verjuice, or to make Tarts. . 11. Vitis 3 acinis albis, dulciffimis, Vitis Apiana. C. B. P. Garidel, The Mufcat, or White Frontiniac. The Berries of this Kind are large, and grow extremely clofe upon the Bunches, whichare very long, and have com- very vinous; the Berries are very apt to monly two Shoulders to them: The Fruit, grow when ripe, has a rich, mufky Flavour; but it is commonly very late in the Autumn before thin upon the Bunches, unlefs the Vine is pruned fhort, andleft but thin with Wood. 5» Viris; fubbirfuta. C. B. P. The Morillon Taconné, or Munier, i, ¢. the Miller’s they ripen, and the Berries being fo very clofe upon the Bunches, do detain the Moifture in their Middles, fo that they commonly ee ViI To prevent which, fome very curious Perfons look over their Vines, foon after the Grapes are formed, and with a Pair of Sciffers cut out all the {mall ones, fo as to leave the others ata moderate Diftance, whereby the Sun and 19. Vitis ; acino rubro, duriori, fapore dulci. Gavidel. The Greek Grape. This is a middle-fiz’d Grape of a deep red Colour, the Skin is “very tough, and the Stones are {mall; this is by many People call’d the Brick Grape. Ina kindly Seafon, when thefe Grapes ripen well, they make excellent Wine; but it muft have a good Wall, otherwife it Sort is a great Bearer. 12. Vitis; acinis rubris, nigricantibus dul- will not ripen in England. 20. ViTIs ; pergulana, uva perampla, acino ciffimus. Garidel. The Mufcat Rouge, or Red Frontiniac. The Berries of this Kind are of oblongo, duro, majori € {ubviridi. Garidel, the Size of the former, but grow much thin- The Pearl Grape, called in Provence, Penner on the Bunches ; it is higher flayour’d, doulau, or Rin de Ponfo, This is a large, and when thorough ripe, is the richeft Grape oblong Grape, of a greenifh white Colour, yet known. But this muft have a very dry the Juice has a Mixture of Sweet and Sour, Soil, and a South-Eaft Afpect, otherwife it and it is late ripe. 21, Vitis ; uva perampli, acintis, nigricanfeldom ripens well in England. 13. Vitis ; acinis nigricantibus, dulciffimis. tibus majoribus. The St. Peter’s Grape, of The Black Frontiniac. The Berries of this Hefperian. ‘Che Berries of this Sort are very Kind are lefs than the two former, but are latge, round, and of a deep black Colour not fo high flavour’d; their Juice is fweet, when ripe ; the Bunches are very large, and and they are earlier ripe. ‘This is a good have two Shoulders to them ; the Juice is very Bearer, but the Grapes upon the fame Bunch rich, and a little ting’d with Red; the Leaves do feldom ripen at the fame time, fo that they of this Sort are remarkably jagged, fo as to can’t be garher’d in full Bunches, but muft be be known when there is no Fruit upon the Vines ; it is late ripe. I believe this is the pick’d ox fingly as they ripen. 14. Virts; Damafcena. H.R. Par. The fame Sort which the French call Gros Noir Kind this @Efpagne, i.e. Great Black Spanifh of ‘The Berries Damask Grape. 22, La Malvoife, i. e. the Malmfey Grape; are very large, black, and of an oval Form ; the Bunchesare very large, andthe Vine pro- is a middle-fiz’d Fruit, of a muddyred Coduces vigorous Shoots. This ripens late in lour, its Juice is very rich and foft, the Bunches are large, and it is a great Bearer ; England. ; ' 15. Virts ; precox, acino rotundo, albido this ripens toward the latter End of September. 23. Malvois Mufquee, i. e. the Malmfey dulci. "The White Sweet-water. The Berries of this Kind are large and white, the Mufcadine. This isa middle fiz’d Grape, raSkins are very thin, and the Juice is {weet ; ther long than round, ofa rich, musky Fiathis is very early ripe, but the Berries are apt vour when ripe. ‘This is one of the Sorts of to be thin upon the Bunches ; for it is one of Grapes from which the Afadera Wine is made, the tendereft Sorts, when in Flower, that I It ripens late in England. 24, The Red Hamburgh Grape. 'The Berhave yet feen; fo that if their happens bad Weather at that Seafon, theyare very fubject ries of this Kind are large, and of a reddifh Colour, covered witha Flew; the Bunches to blight, and being fo uncertain in bearing, has render’d it lefs efteem’d thanit was for- are large, and itis a good Bearer. This ripens toward the End of September, and is a fine merly. 16. Vitis 3 precox, acino nigro, dulci 8 Grape. It was brought into England by Mr. rotundo. The Black Sweet-water. This is a Warner of Rotherbith, who hath fupply’d lef§ Grape than the former, it is ofa fine many curious Perfons with it. 25. The Black Hamburgh, ot Warner Grape. black Colour, and grows pretty clofe upon the Bunches; its Juice isfweet, and it is early This has a middle-fiz’d Berry, rather long than round, of a fine black Colour, when ripe, F. B. The ripe; the Juice is very rich, fomewhat inclin17. Vitis; alba, dulcis. White Mufcadine. The Berries of this Kind ing toa musky Flavour, This ripens about are large, of a white Colour, and the Juice is the Middle of September. It was brought into very fweet ; the Bunches are long, and it is England by Mr. Warner, with the former 26. Raifin Swiffe, i. e. the Switzerland early ripe. 18. Vir1s ; Mdlobrogica, Plinii. Car. Stepb. Grape. ‘Thisis preferved only as a Curiofity; ‘Pred. Ruf. The Raifin Grape. This is a the Fruit of this Kind are ftrip’d with White large oval Grape of a blackifh Colour, when and Black, and fometimes divided into Quartripe ; the Bunches are very large, and make a ters of thofe Colours, and manytimes half the half black, and fine Appearance, but never ripen well in Bunch is white, and the other others Air is eafily admitted, which diffipates the Moifture, and prevents their perifhing. England. This 1 have known fome Perfons who had a great Quantity of this Sort of Grape, which they commonly cut in the Middle of Offober, with pretty long Stalks to the Bunches, and hung them on Strings, in Rows, in their Kitchen, at fuch a Diftance as not to touch each other ; and about Chriftmas, thete Grapes would be fo ripen’d by the Warmth of the Room, as to eat extremely well. fome intire Bunches are white, and black, fo that it appears as if two Kinds had been grafted on the fame Root. The Fruit is good forlittle, but Shew, therefore one Plant of this Kind is enough in a Garden. Befide thofe here-mention’d, there are a reat Wariety of other Sorts, which are the Produce of warmer Countries. fome of which have beenintroduced lately into England ; but g as |