668 REPORT OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE, 



from France, appears very similar to, if not identical with, 

 Black Hamburgh, 



A Seedling Grape was received from Mr, Melville, , of 

 Dalmeny Park, near Edinburgh, which excited some curiosity. 

 It is a cross between what Mr. Melville calls Champion Ham- 

 burgh and Canon Hall Muscat — this Champion Hamburgh 

 being apparently Mill Hill Hamburgh. The process by which 

 it was obtained, and its subsequent treatment, will be found in 

 the following letter :— 



to everj'thing I have forwarded to yonr care, I again beg to 



intrude on you to 



present before the Fruit Committee this Seedling Grape. I 







or stray seedling, but hybridised with great care. Its parents are th 



eCham- 



pion Hamburgh and Canon Hall Muscat. When the CI. 



impion Hamburgh 



was just beginning to bloom, I selected one flower for my 







We all know that the pollen is not ia fuU operation till aboi 









e cap, then with a 



palTof fil\dltorst'?Srthe'^anSers q'.Ste oVfrom tfe t 

 I then applied the pollen of the Canon Hall two days runnl 



.p of the s 









have before you. which I think is partly between the two 









and ;ith z 





aroma. It is a fiug setter, and swelled far beyond what 





. Some 



time ago I had to cut some berries out, or they would have been qui 





shape for want of room to swell. 







The vine is now three years from the seed, and has ca 







this season. I send two, and a twig of the Champion Hamburgh with leaf 



attached, to show the Champion for comparison in flavour and colour ; 





.same house. The Champion has coloured worse with me 



than evei 



■ I have 



■seen it ; it has been ripening at the time we have had so little sun here, which 

 I consider is likewise against the colour of the new seedling (Champion Ham- 

 bturgh Mnacat). The best bunch sent was i-ather in a place where it was at 



variety is well thinned, in another season it is likely to be a fine keeper, as it 

 has strong thick shanks behind the berries, like the Canon Hall. The 

 Champion Hamburgh, its mother, is one of our finest hanging 

 well ripened is jet black : but I think its other parent being v 



it with the leaf of the Champion. I have no doubt tE if'l had thinned these 

 bunches a third more, the berries would have been much larger and finer. I 

 believe they are perfectly ripe, and I trust you will forgive the deficiency in 

 colour a little, when the comparison is made -w-ith the Champion, grown by its 



The bunch in size and shape had all the 

 le Mill Hill Hamburgh. It was large and well set. The I 

 ere large, round, and oblate, shaped like small oranges, i 



