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you will receive was planted at the end of a lean-to-roofed 

 house, and only got a little morning sun, and that but for a 

 short period, owing to the shade of a large willow tree. You, 

 therefore, cannot judge what the flavor will be under these 

 disadvantages, I expect the bunch and berry will be double 

 their present size, when trained under the roof glass, and the 

 wood becomes strong. 



Mr. Thompson, to whom the grapes were sent, describes it 

 as follows : — The bunch weighed 1 lb. 3 oz. It was loosely 

 formed, with long shoalders, and long, slender pedicels. The 

 berries are oval, being about nine tenths of an inch in diam- 

 eter from the insertion of the stalk to the opposite end ; and 

 eight tenths in the transverse direction. The color is blue- 

 black : in this respect resembling the Black Prince more than 

 its female parent. The juice is more purple than that of the 

 Hamburgh, and is sugary and rich. Seeds, two or three in 

 each berry. The variety deserves to be propagated. 



Muscat Escholata. — Some years ago, Mr. Money, a culti- 

 vator near London, raised several seedling grapes, which he 

 disseminated considerably among amateurs, but, after a while, 

 they were pronounced by some to be no different from other 

 sorts ; or, if seedlings, so much like the parents as not to be 

 worth keeping distinct The last autumn, some fine speci- 

 mens of the Muscat Escholata, one of the varieties, were ex- 

 hibited before the London Horticultural Society, and attract- 

 ed much attention : a certificate of merit was awarded for 

 their excellence. The particular characteristics of this vari- 

 ety are its size, and the length of time it hangs without shank- 

 ing or shrivelling, — valuable properties in any grape. Mr. 

 Ward, the exhibitor, stated, that he had had berries in December, 

 which measured more than four inches in circumference. It 

 is a white grape, similar to the Muscat of Alexandria, and 

 well worthy of introduction. 



Raspberries. 



Large Fruited Monthly — Under this name, Mr. Rivers 

 has introduced a new variety from the Continent, and, accom- 

 panying specimens sent to the Horticultural Society for exhi- 

 bition, 2d November last, he sent the following account of 



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