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THE FLORIST. 



Apricots do not ripen so well in the damp atmosphere of the west coast as 

 on the drier yet colder east coast. The Apricots are all grown on south walls 

 in the lowlands, the Breda only in the highlands, also the Red Masculine and 

 occasionally the Roman. The Nectarines we grow also, but on south walls, 

 rarely on any other. In many parts they will not ripen, while in some 

 localities, even in Ross-shire, most of them ripen pretty well. 



GRAPES. 



NAMES. 



Black Hamburgh 



Black Prince . 

 Barbarossa . 



Froutignac, white . 

 Muscadine, white 

 Muscadine, Royal . 

 Muscat of Alexandria 

 Muscat, Cannon-hall 

 Muscadine, Dunmore 

 St. Peter's . 



Colour. 



Black 



Black 

 Black 



White 

 White 

 White 

 White 

 White 

 White 

 Black 



or 



Early 

 Late 

 Vineries. 



E.&L.y, 

 L. y. 



L. V. 



E.V. 

 E.V. 

 E. Y. 

 E.&L.V, 

 E.V. 

 E.V. 

 L.V. 



" c t; 



^ o s 





Pots 



Pots 

 Pots 

 Pots 



Pots 



S.G. 



S.G. 

 S.G. 



S.G. 



REMARKS. 



The most useful of all 

 black Grapes 



Will hang a long time 

 without shrivelling 



Very early 



An excellent late variety 



Wine Grapes are of no use here, and are seldom planted, and then only 

 for their leaves, for garnishing. My brother, however, ripens the Hambro', 

 Black Cluster and Esperione by training them round the chimneys of his Pine 

 pits ; and this year I had a 2-lb. bunch of an Esperione sent me which 

 ripened on the end of a house at Pitchlochny, in Athol, but a baker's oven 

 was behind it. 



FIGS. 



