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the same treatment as Black Hamburgh, and ripens some weeks earlier 

 than that variety. Plant of strong and robust growth, like that of the 

 Canon Hall Muscat, and a very free and fruitful bearer. 



Kaised at Dalkeith Park, Midlothian, by Mr. Wm. Thomson, now of Cloven- 

 fords, N.B. It received a first-class certificate from the Koyal Horticultural 

 Society in 1872. Many growers have failed to cultivate this fine grape success- 

 fully, and have consequently tended to depreciate its merits. Mr. William 

 Thomson has grown it on a very large scale for some years, and produced the 

 fruit in the greatest perfection. His brother, Mr. David Thomson, at Drumlanrig 

 Castle, also finds no difficulty whatever with it. 



DUTCH HAMBURGH (Wilmots Hamburgh). Bunches, medium 

 sized, compact, and rarely shouldered. Berries, very large, roundish, 

 oblate, uneven, and hammered. Skin, thick, very black, and covered 

 with a thin bloom. Flesh, pretty firm, coarse, and not so highly 

 flavoured as the Black Hamburgh. 



It ripens in an ordinary vinery. The berries are much larger and 

 more flattened than those of the Black Hamburgh, and are generally 

 hollow in the centre. Though a very showy fruit it is much inferior in 

 quality to the Black Hamburgh. 



It is called Wilmot's Hamburgh from having been grown very successfully by 

 Mr. Wilmot, an extensive market gardener of Isleworth, 



DUTCH SWEETWATER (Perle Blanche}. Bunches, rather above 

 medium size, shouldered, and very loose, containing many badly-deve- 

 loped berries. Berries, large and round. Skin, thin and transparent, 

 exhibiting the veins of the flesh ; white, and covered with a thin bloom, 

 and, when highly ripened, streaked with traces of russet. Flesh, 

 tender, very juicy, sweet, and with a fine delicate flavour. 



A well-known and excellent early grape, whose greatest fault is the 

 irregularity with which its bunches are set. 



EARLY ASCOT FRONTIGNAN (Ascot Frontignan}. Bunches, of 

 medium size, slightly shouldered. Berries, round, of medium size ; 

 clear amber colour. Flesh, tender, extremely sweet and luscious, 

 with a fine Frontignan flavour. 



A remarkably early grape, which ripens well against a wall in the 

 open air. Grown under the same circumstances as Black Hamburgh, 

 it ripens fully a month earlier than that variety. 



It was raised by Mr, John Standish, of Ascot, from Muscat de Saumur fertilised 

 by Chasselas Musque. 



EARLY AUVERGNE FRONTIGNAN (Eugenien Frontignan; 

 Muscat du Puy de Dome; Muscat Precoce du Puy de Dome; Muscat 

 Euyenieri}. This is an early form of the White Frontignan, with a 

 short cylindrical bunch, and round berries, which are not so thickly 

 set as in the White Frontignan. The flesh is tender and juicy, and 

 with a pleasant Muscat flavour. 



EARLY BLACK BORDEAUX (Black Bordeaux}. Bunches, 



