observations as to the quality of different kinds." 



\H.S.. 



A Prize of 5^. having been offered by Mr. Veitch for the best 3 

 bunches of the Golden Hamburgh Grape, exhibited at this 

 Meeting, the competitors were ;— Mr. Spary, F.H.S., Queen a 

 Graperies, Brighton ; Mr. Cratub, gardener to the Right Honour- 

 able the Earl of Ducie, V.P.H.S., Tortworth Court, Gloucester- 

 shire ; Mr. Allport, gardener to H. Akroyd, Esq., Doddington 

 Park, Nantwich, Cheshire. The Prize was awarded to Mr. Spary. 

 The fruit exhibited was grown by him on a vine which he had 

 grafted in 1858, for Mr. Tasker, of Brighton, of which an account 

 has been already given [" Proceedings," p. 28]. The bunches 

 were remarkably well grown ; the berries being uniformly large 

 and well swelled. The situation at Brighton where they were 

 grown was described as being dry, and dO feet above the level 

 of the sea. The inclined border prepared for the Vines consisted 



received from Mr. Spary, containing additional particulars relating 

 to the Vine, was read :— 



" Having, on Jan. 11, 1858, laid before the Committee a report on a grafted 

 Vine, in which I gave particulars of the operation, and described the growth of 

 the canes, I have now to offer a second report on their further growth and 

 prolificacy. The vines were pruned about the middle of December, 1858 ; the 

 cane of the Muscat being left the full length of the rafters, 17 feet, while the 

 Golden Hamburgh was cut back to 8 feet. The Bla^k Hamburghs m the same 

 house were spur-pruned. The house is heated with hot water ; the appli- 

 cation of artificial heat was commenced about the middle of January, 1869, 

 beginning at a moderate rate, and was continued tUl the middle of Ju^, during 

 Golden H^b^urSVaft did not break for a week or ten days aft^r the Black 



