252 Cannon Hall Muscat Gi^apes. 



Art. IV. Memoranda respecting the Cannon Hall Muscat 

 Grapes. By Alexander Wilson. With Remarks upon the 

 same. By the Editor. 



The Cannon Hall Muscat, is, without doubt, one of the 

 most magnificent, as well as the most delicious, grapes ever 

 produced, and to raise it in fine condition is a great desid- 

 eratum with every cultivator. As yet, it is extremely rare in 

 American collections, and, as will be seen by the annexed 

 notice of it, though first produced in England more than 

 twenty-jive years ago, it is far from being commonly culti- 

 vated there. Undoubtedly, the cause has been a want of a 

 knowledge of its management, for, under our own care, we 

 have found it one of the most difficult varieties to bring for- 

 ward — that is, with reference to young vines. The cause 

 has been, — which we only found by experience, that best of 

 teachers, — that which the writer alludes to, viz., damj)ing off 

 of the young wood from too early exposure, before it was 

 mature. When once the vine is fully grown, its treatment is 

 as simple as other grapes, except as regards the setting of the 

 fruit. On this point, there seems to be a want of information, 

 and it is with pleasure that we present the views of an emi- 

 nent gardener as to the most successful mode of accomplish- 

 ing this. Every lover of beautiful grapes should read it care- 

 fully ; for it is equally applicable to the other large kinds of 

 muscats, such as the Portugal, Tottenham Park, Alexandrian, 

 Escholata, &c. The article is from the Journal of the London 

 Horticultural Society, (Vol. HI. Part I.) : — 



It is nearly a quarter of a century since the Cannon Hall Muscat Grape 

 was sent from here to the Horticultural Society, and considering that it is 

 one of the best and largest grapes grown in this country, is it not rather 

 strange that so few are found who give it that attention which it deserves ? 

 It is said to be a bad grower, and that it is difficult to get the fruit to set. 

 This is partly true ; none of the Muscats set their fruit so freely as some of 

 the other sorts under ordinary treatment : place them in a situation natural 

 to them, and they will be found to bear fruit as freely as the Black Ham- 

 burgh. 



In propagating this variety, I take the ripest shoots, and cut the eye or 

 bud out with as little wood as possible, inserting them in pots of sandy 

 loam ; they are then plunged in a good bottom heat, and encouraged in their 



