Our Common Fruits a Descriptive Account of Those Ordinarily Cultivated Or Consu
Our Common Fruits a Descriptive Account of Those Ordinarily Cultivated Or Consu
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A common grape in some parts of France, under the name of Raisin des dames, is the little Corinthe* the same species which in the Greek islands furnishes us with the currants of commerce. Growing in long straight bunches, of fair medium size, and either white or purple, on very vigorous and productive trees, the individual grapes are no larger than peas, but are considered very agreeable in flavour, and are entirely free from pips ; while in a sub- variety, the Petite Corinthe, the berries are ...but half the * See Plate IV. , fig. 3.
THE GEAPE. 127 size of the preceding, and the whole bunch so small aa to form but a single mouth-full. Another singular kind, which, however, seldom comes to perfection, is the Cor- nichon* the berries of which are sometimes three times as long as they are broad, and very peculiar in form, having one side convex, so as to resemble capsicums rather than ordinary grapes.
The varieties of wine grapes grown in the south of Eu- rope are too numerous for any attempt to be made here to particularize them, though a passing word may be given to the Teinturier or Dyer Vine, a few of which are grown in most vineyards in France in order to give colour to the wine when other sorts prove deficient in that quality* The leaves of this variety become quite crimson by the time that the grapes are ripe, so that it may be distin- guished at a distance among its verdant kindred, and the tlesh and juice of the berries are of so deep and engrained a red that a few of them suffice to tinge a large quantity of wine.
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A common grape in some parts of France, under the name of Raisin des dames, is the little Corinthe* the same species which in the Greek islands furnishes us with the currants of commerce. Growing in long straight bunches, of fair medium size, and either white or purple, on very vigorous and productive trees, the individual grapes are no larger than peas, but are considered very agreeable in flavour, and are entirely free from pips ; while in a sub- variety, the Petite Corinthe, the berries are ...but half the * See Plate IV. , fig. 3.
THE GEAPE. 127 size of the preceding, and the whole bunch so small aa to form but a single mouth-full. Another singular kind, which, however, seldom comes to perfection, is the Cor- nichon* the berries of which are sometimes three times as long as they are broad, and very peculiar in form, having one side convex, so as to resemble capsicums rather than ordinary grapes.
The varieties of wine grapes grown in the south of Eu- rope are too numerous for any attempt to be made here to particularize them, though a passing word may be given to the Teinturier or Dyer Vine, a few of which are grown in most vineyards in France in order to give colour to the wine when other sorts prove deficient in that quality* The leaves of this variety become quite crimson by the time that the grapes are ripe, so that it may be distin- guished at a distance among its verdant kindred, and the tlesh and juice of the berries are of so deep and engrained a red that a few of them suffice to tinge a large quantity of wine.
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