For the prize offered for a collection of Grapes, there were two 

 competitors: Mr. Henderson, F.H.S., Gardener to His Grace 

 the Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S., Trentham ; and Mr. Hill, 

 Gardener to Kalph Snetd, Esq., F.H.S., Keele Hall. The 

 First Prize was awarded to Mr. Hill, and the Second Prize to 

 Mr. Henderson. 



The collection of Mr. Hill consisted of Black Hamlurgh, 

 Trentham Black, West's St. Peters, Sahibee, BidxcilVs Seedling, 

 Mill Hill Hamburgh, Black Prince, Old Tokay, Golden Ham- 

 lurgh, Lady Downe's Seedling, Lady Downe's Seedling grafted 

 on Black Hamburgh, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat noir d' Angers, 

 Muscat de Saumur, Black Eagle, and a Grape from Corfu called 

 " Crocante mon de Santo G. cornuta." The most remarkable 

 feature in the collection was the difference exhibited in two 

 bunches of Lady Downes Seedling : one from a plant on its own 

 roots, and the other from a shoot grafted on the Black Hamburgh. 

 In the former the berries were rather small and quite black, and- 

 the bunch was somewhat ovate in shape ; but in the latter the 

 bunch was long and cylindrical, and bearing berries as large again 

 as in the other case, of a mottled green and brown colour, and 

 quite round. The flavour in both cases was the same. The 

 Grape in the collection marked " Crocante mon de Santo G. 

 cornuta'' was a long narrow loose and tapering bunch, a foot 

 long, with short loose pendent shoulders ; berries about medium 

 size, not at all large, roundish-oval, set on slender pedicels, and 

 with a large receptacle ; colour grizzly, like the Grizzly Fran- 

 tignan ; skin rather thick and tough ; flesh tender, rather firm and 

 croquant, sweet and agreeably flavoured. It was not a first rate 

 Grape, and bore considerable resemblance to the variety grown in 

 the large vinery at Chiswick under the name of (Eillade precoce. 



Mr. Henderson's collection consisted of Canon Hall Muscat, 

 Muscat of Alexandria, Bowood Muscat, Barnes Muscat, Charles- 

 worth Tokay, Muscat Hamburgh, Black Hamburgh, Gullet's 

 Hamburgh, Victoria Hamburgh, Golden Hamburgh, Barbarossa, 

 Lady Bownes Seedling, White Romain, Late White, White 

 Tokay, and a seedling variety which produces small bunches, and 

 small black round berries, but which was not ripe. The Com- 

 mittee was of opinion, judging from the fruit exhibited in this 

 collection, that the Grapes called Bowood Muscat and Barnes' 

 Muscat are identical. The Charlesworth Tokay, moreover, was 

 found to bear considerable resemblance to them; but fuither 



