230 REPOllT OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE, 



mitted to the Committee. One raised by Mr. William Thomson, 

 gardener to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, at Dalkeith, and 

 the other I>y Mr. William Melville, gardener to the Earl of 

 Eoseberry, Dalmeny Park, near Edinburgh. The former is in 

 too early a stage of its existence to develope its full characters, 

 the plant being at the time when the fruit was exhibited only 

 seventeen months from the seed. This variety is raised from 

 Muscat of Alexandria impregnated with Chasselas musque, and 

 from the condition in which the first bunch was exhibited, the 

 Committee are in hopes that it will prove to be a valuable acqui- 

 sition. The seedling of Mr. Melville has been named Champion 

 Hamburgh Muscat, from having orighiated from Champion Ham- 

 burgh impregnated by Canon Hall Muscat. The bunch has all 

 the appearance of that of Mill Hill Hamburgh ; the berries very 

 large, being about an inch in diameter, and having a distinct 

 Muscat flavour, 'f his, in the opinion of the Committee, will 

 prove a very valuable grape. 



There is another seedling grape raised by F. J. Graham, Esq., 

 Cranford, Middlesex, which has a striking resemblance to Chas- 

 selas musque both in flavour and appearance, but which is re- 

 ported not to crack in ripening as that variety does. Through 

 the kindness of Mr. Graham a fruiting plant has been received 

 in the garden, where it will be grown during the current season 

 side by side with Chasselas musque, and its merits will then be 

 fully proved. 



x4.nother grape to which great interest attaches, but which has 

 not yet been ascertained to be a native seedling, is one exhibited 

 by Mr. David Thomson, gardener to Mrs. Fergusson Davie, at 

 Archerfield, near Dirleton, N.B. It is in all respects, as regards 

 the bunch and berries, similar to the Muscat of Alexandria, but 

 is six weeks earlier than that variety. Mr. Thomson sent to the 

 Committee a bunch of each variety grown in the same house 

 and subjected to the same treatment, and while the Muscat of 

 Alexandria was quite plump and fresh, the early variety ^as 

 completely shrivelled, and had nearly acquired the condition of 

 Muscatel raisins. 



Mr. Constantine, gardener to C. Mills, Esq., of Hillingdon 

 Court, sent bunches of a grape introduced from Asia Minor, and 

 called Chavoush. It produces a long tapering bunch, and the 

 flavour of the berries is very rich. This was awarded a First- 

 Class Certificate, 



Besides these individual exhibitions there were several others 



