IN THE CONSERVATOEY AT CHISWICK. 



large and well-shouldered ; 



rouudish-oval, pale yellow, o: 



skin thin • flesh tender and melting, very juicy, ricli, sugary and 



vinous. Leaves not deeply lobed, their serratures sharp ; the 



upper surface smooth, the lower nearly so. This proves to be a 



fine-looking free-bearing richly-flavoured grape, in every respect 



of first-rate quality, 



Burchardt's Amber Cluster: — Received as Burchardt's No. 

 10, from M. BuRCHARDT, of Landsberg, on the Warta. This 

 grape, which was sent to the Society without name resembles 

 the Muscadines in quality, but has oval berries like the Clusters. 

 Berries middle-sized, decidedly oval, amber-coloured, or yellowish- 

 white ; skin moderately thin ; flesh very sugary and rich. Leaves 

 roundish, dying off green and pale yellow, like those of Reeves' 

 Muscadine : in the latter, however, they are very pubescent or 

 woolly ; while in Burchardt's they are but slightly downy, with 

 tufts of bristly pubescence in the axils of the veins. It is earlier 

 than the Royal Muscadine, and this property, combined with its 

 good quality, will render it a first-rate early white Grape. It 

 appears to be well deserving of trial for early forcing purposes. 



(Eillade Precoce :— from M. Lekoy of Angers. Bunch small, 

 longisb, loose ; berries about the size of those of the Royal 

 Muscadine, roundish, or but slightly oval, rose-coloured. 



Savignon Blanc : — from M. Dunal, Montpelier. Bunches 

 and berries about the size of those of the White Frontignan ; 

 berries oval, yellowish-white ; skin thick; flesh sweet, but not so 

 rich as that of the White Muscadine. Leaves roundish, open at the 

 base, not deeply lobed, pubescent or bristly above and beneath. 

 A Wine Grape. 



Ward's Early Muscadine :— from the late G. H. Ward, Esq., 

 Northwood Park, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Bunch long, rather 

 loose; berries round, about the size of those of the Royal Mus- 

 cadine, and of the same colour and flavour. It differs from 

 that sort in the bundles being longer ; and the leaves also are 

 very ditlereut, being deeply lobed, very downy on the under, and 

 slightly so on the upper surface. 



Bidwill's Seedling:— from Mr. Pince of Exeter. Bunches 

 and berries nearly as large as those of the Black Prince; 

 berries small, round, bluish-black with a fine bloom ; skin rather 

 thin ; flesh tender, melting, and very juicy, but somewhat acid, 

 and having a disagreeable earthy flavour. Leaves resembling in 

 form those of the Black Hamhurgh, but with a lengthened ter- 



