NOVEMBER 12, 1861. 



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, with which they were found perfectly to agree. 



ih Dr. Hogg's 



A very interesting collection of Muscat Grapes was sent by 

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

 They were sent in compliance with a request of the Committee 

 to compare the different varieties with each other, and to enable 

 them to ascertain wherein they differed tlie one from the other; 

 but more particularly to see how far the Early Muscat exhibited 

 at the last meeting was earlier than all the others which had been 

 grown with it in the same house and under the same conditions. 

 The sorts were Muscat of Alexandria, TynniEgham Muscat. 

 Bowood Muscat, and the Early Muscat. The Early Muscat 

 was very much more advanced in ripeness than either of the 

 others, and had become quite brown and shrivelled, while of the 

 other varieties some were quite plump and full-coloured, and 

 none of them had nearly approached the same state of maturity. 

 The Committee were therefore of opinion that the Early Muscat 

 is a very valuable early Muscat Grape, quite distinct from every 

 other variety, and has all the appearance of being what Mr. 

 Thomson states — six weeks earlier than the Muscat of Alexandria. 

 Bowood Muscat, as exhibited, is different from either of the others. 

 The bunch is short, broad-shouldered, thickly-set, and compact, 

 and is next in earliness to the Early Muscat. Following it is 

 the Tynningham Muscat, a long, loose, tapering bunch, appa- 

 rently distinct from the others, and the same as that exhibited by 

 Mr. TiLLEKY, of Welbeck, at the great Fruit Show on the 6th, 

 as Muscat of Alexandria. The Muscat of Alexandria, of Mr. 

 Thomson, is also a long tapering bunch, but well set, and not so 

 early as either of the preceding. 



Mr. Thomas Smy, Henbury Hill, near Westbury-on-Trym, 

 sent a bunch of Black Barbarossa Grape, which was small ; and 

 an excellent bunch of Muscat Hamburgh, remarkably well set 

 and well grown, but the strength of the Muscat flavour had gone 

 off, and was not so powerful as it is earlier in the season. Like 

 other Muscats this variety loses its aroma when it hangs long 

 after being ripe. 



Mr. Melville, of Dalmeny Park, near Edinburgh, again sent 

 his Champion Hamburgh Muscat. On this occasion it was but 

 a small bunch, but the berries were large, round, and plump, and 



