. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA NOAH 255 favored grape regions in the East. The de- scription is compiled. Vine of medium size, vigorous, healthy ; canes strong, spreading, reddish-brown with short internodes. Leaves of medium size, thin, 6-lobed; glabrous except on the lower sides of the well-marked ribs where a few hairs show. Bunches long, cylindrical, regular, compact. Berries round, golden-yellow becoming amber; flavor sweet, rich, aromatic, peculiar; quality very good. Season late midseason, keeps and ships well. MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA. V. vini- fer
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA NOAH 255 favored grape regions in the East. The de- scription is compiled. Vine of medium size, vigorous, healthy ; canes strong, spreading, reddish-brown with short internodes. Leaves of medium size, thin, 6-lobed; glabrous except on the lower sides of the well-marked ribs where a few hairs show. Bunches long, cylindrical, regular, compact. Berries round, golden-yellow becoming amber; flavor sweet, rich, aromatic, peculiar; quality very good. Season late midseason, keeps and ships well. MUSCAT OF ALEXANDRIA. V. vini- fera. This is possibly the Iciuling table- and raisin-grape of the Pacific slope. From the literature or from a visit to vineyards, one cannot make out whether one variety or sev- eral varieties are grown under the name. Probably there are several strains grown under the distinctive name "Muscat" which is ap- plied to these sweet, light yellow, musky grapes. This is one of the standard sorts to force indoors, but requires too long a season for out-of-doors in the East. The following description is compiled: vine short, straggling, bushy, sometimes forming a bush rather than a vine, very productive; wood gray with dark spots, short-jointed. Leaf round, 5-lobed; briglit green above, lighter green below. Bunches long and loose, shouldered. Berries oblong, light yellow and transparent when fully mature, covered with white bloom ; flesh firm, crisp ; flavor sweet and very musky; quality good. Season late, the laterals producing a second, sometimes even a third, crop. MUSCAT HAMBURG. V. vinifera. Muscat Hamburg is an old European grape well known in some parts of America in green- house graperies, since it is one of the best for forcing. All who know the beautiful fruits of this variety grown in forcing-houses will want to test Muscat Hamburg out-of-doors. At the Geneva, New York, Experiment Sta- tion, it has done well, producing clusters at- taining a weight of a pound and a
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