. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. THE MULBERRY. 343 In vine countries, tlie grapes which are recli- oned best suited for making wine, are not the most agreeable to eat. The wine grapes in France, Italy, and Geiinany, as well as in Spain and Portugal, are varieties of the black cluster; while the sweet wines, as Constantia, Malmsy, and Madeira, are varieties of the chasselas
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. THE MULBERRY. 343 In vine countries, tlie grapes which are recli- oned best suited for making wine, are not the most agreeable to eat. The wine grapes in France, Italy, and Geiinany, as well as in Spain and Portugal, are varieties of the black cluster; while the sweet wines, as Constantia, Malmsy, and Madeira, are varieties of the chasselas and mus- cadine. Of the variety of the vine called the black Hamburgh, there are several remarkable trees in England, covering a great extent of surface, and bearing (under glass) a profusion of the finest fruit. Of these, among the most celebrated are the Hampton Court vine, and the vine at Valen- tines, in Essex. The Hampton , al- ready alluded to, is in a grape-house on the north side of the palace: it covers a surface of twenty- two feet by seventy-two, or 1694 square feet. Itisa most productive bearer,having seldom fewer than two thousand clusters upon it every season. In the year 1816, there were at least 2240, weigh- ing each, on the average, a pound; bo that the whole crop weighed a ton, and, merely as an ar- ticle of commerce, was worth upwards of £400. The Valentines vine extends over a greater sur- face, and has a larger trunk, than that at Hamp- ton Coui't; but it is not, on the average of sea- sons, so productive. It has, howevei-, been known to produce two thousand bunches of a pound each. The Mulbekey (morus nigra). This tree, more celebrated as affording leaves on which the. The Mulberry. silk-worm feeds than for its fruit, which is, how- ever, of a very grateful quality, belongs to the class mcynaecia, and order tetrandria of Linnseus. It is rather a small tree, and sends off crooked branches, which are covered with a rough brown bark. The leaves ar
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