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wliich was grovrn against a wall in tbe open air, though well set 

 and well coloured, was not so large in the berries, nor were thev 

 so sweet or well flavoured. Grove End Sweetwater, which was 

 the same as Early White MaUasia and Burchardt's Amber 

 Cluster, was well ripened; but the bunches, "as they always are, 

 v?ere small. Muscat of Alexandria was quite unripe and acid. 

 Esperione was a long loose bunch, with round small berries, 

 having squashy flesh, and acid. Golden Hambnrgh was a small 

 buneh badly set, and with small berries, which were rather sweet, 

 Muscat Hamburgh bunch well set, berries small, and rather 

 acid, but with the Muscat aroma distinct. Koyal Muscadine, 

 a large bunch loosely set ; berries not large, but of good flavour. 

 The thanks of the Committee were awarded to Mr. Thomson 

 for this very interesting atid instructive exhibition, 



Mr. Whiting, of the Deepdene, brought a bunch of a large 

 oval black Grape, the name of which was unknown. He received 

 it originally from the Palace Gardens at Armagh. The bunch 

 was very well set with large oval berries, the skin of which was 

 perfectly black, thick, and tough ; the flesh rather watery, and 

 not richly flavoured, 



Mr. David Thomson, Archerfield Gardens, near Drem, N,B., 

 sent a bunch of Muscat Grape which was " one of six borne by 

 a weakly Vine planted in the spring of 1860, in a border made 

 and planted with difi"erent sorts of Muscats in 1859. This Grape 

 was ripe fully six weeks before the Muscat of Alexandria, and 

 three weeks before the Bowood and the other sorts." The bunch 

 exhibited was long and tapering, like that of a Muscat of Alexan- 

 dria. The berries were large and oval, of a fine amber colour ; 

 the flesh fi 

 and a delic 



that this was a most excellent Grape, and, before pronouncing 

 judgment upon it, requested that Mr. Thomson would exhibit it 

 at a subsequent meeting along with a bunch of each kind of 

 Muscat grown along with it in the same house, 



Mr. George Thomson, gardener to Mrs. Dixon, Stanstead 

 Park, near Emsworth, Hants, sent remarkably fine fruit of 

 Salway Peach, grown upon tbe back wall of an orchard-house. 

 The fruit was very large, and of a fine bright golden-yellow colour, 

 covered on the side next the sun with a fine maroon cheek. The 

 flesh was very juicy and melting, and the flavour was good. 



Mr, Ingeam, gardener to Her M^westy, sent a dish of a 

 Seedling Pear, raised by him at Frogmore. The fruit ia large — 



