bunch sent as the best specimen that could be
produced, owing to the wet season, and a wet border.
In more favourable circumstances, I have
no hesitation in saying, that for size of bunch and
berry, it bids fair to be among the finest of black
Grapes. The fiavour is not particularly remarkable.
“ I remain Sir, &c.
“ THOMAS APPLEBY,
“ Gardener at Horsforth.
“ Horsforth Hall, August 4.”
This bunch contained 84 berries, and weighed
11b. 7oz. ; and the fiavour was very nearly as good
as that of the Black Hamburgh.
What we find most at variance with the supposed
origin of this is, that there is no trace of the
Muscat fiavour in it, which would have been the
case had any Muscat partaken of its origin.
The Leaves are slightly pubescent, with the
sinus at the base quite open, not rounded as in
some varieties, but with very distinct, but not deep
lobes. In the autumn stained a little with red,
but not so much so as in many black Grapes.
The S k in of the berries is rather thicker than
in the Black Hamburgh; the fiesh is of about the
same quality.
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