METHOD OF PfeODUCING NEW AND EARLY FRUITS. IQS 



Vvllhout considerable merits for the desert, they are gene- 

 rally best calonlated for the press : for the latteV purpose, Good forvrin^ 

 in a cold climate,'! am confident that one or two of them ^^^g^ 

 possess very great excellence. I sent a bunch of one of 

 those varieties to the Horticultural Society, in the la^t au- 

 tumn, and I propose to send two or three others in the pre- 

 sent year. 



I have subsequently obtained plants from the white chas- 

 selas and sweetwater, the appearance of which is much more 

 pfomising ; and the earliest variety of the grape I have ever Y^^ ^^^^Y ^^ 

 yet seen, sprang from a seed of the sweetwater, and the 

 farina of the red frontignac. This is also a very fine grape, 

 resembling the frontignac in colour and form of the bunch ; 

 but I fear its blossoms will prove too tender to succeed in 

 the open air in this coiintry ; a single bunch, consisting of a 

 few berries, is, however, all that has yet existed of this kind. 

 The present season also affords me two new varieties of the Vine with 



vine, with striped fruit, and vafiec^ated autumnal leaves, pro- ^^"i'^^^ f"""'* 



, 1 • 1 1 > . r- ^"^ variegated / 



duced by the white chasselas and the farina of the Aleppo leaves. 



vine: one of these has ripened extremely early, and is, I 

 think, a good grape. When perfectly ripe, I propose send- 

 ing a bunch of it for the inspection of the Horticultural 

 Society. 



* In all attempts to obtain new varieties of fruit, the propa- 

 gator is at a loss to know what kinds are best calculated to 

 ianswer his purpose ; and therefore, I have mentioned those 

 varieties of the grape, from which I have propagated with 

 the best prospect of success. My experiments are, however. Experiments 

 still in their infancy; and I do not possess the means of y^'^ »^ ^lieir in* 

 making them on so large a scale, or in so perfect a manner as 

 I wish : nevertheless, the facts of which I am in possession, 

 leave no grounds of doubt in my mind, that varieties of the Better varieties 

 grape, capable of ripening perfectly in our climate, when niay no doubt 

 trained to a south wall, and of other fruits, better calculated ^^ pro^-uc«<i' 

 for our climate than those we now cultivate, may readily be 

 obtained ; but whether the mode of culture I have adopted 

 and recommended be the most eligible, must be decided by 

 future and more extensive practice. 



1 have made experiments similar to the preceding, on the p ^. 

 peach ; but I can say no more of the result of them, than 



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