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mate, and of course we can add but lit- 

 tle information on this subject that will 

 appear new. Mr. Speechley has given us 

 a very complete history of this fruit and 

 its culture, to which I shall refer my 

 readers when they want to consult this 

 subject fully. Mr. Knight has succeeded 

 in raising two fine varieties, which, as 

 they are new, I shall give their history 

 in his own words as taken from the Hort. 

 Soc. Trans, and from a description he 

 gave me of them in our correspondence. 



The Striped Chasselas. * ' It is a very hardy 

 and productive variety, and bears well in 

 the open air ; and in moderately warm f 

 situations, it will ripen sufficiently well 

 to afford a very palatable fruit at this 

 season, February 1st.'* 



"This variety sprang from a seed of the 

 white chasselas, and the pollen of the 

 Aleppo grape, which readily variegates 

 the leaves and fruit of the offspring of 

 any white grape. I believe this little 

 grape to be better calculated for the 

 press in a cool climate than any we now 

 possess J and that if trained to low walls 



