GRAPES. 



Merrick was gardener there, and seeing the vine which was named 

 Victoria Hamburgh, and which was said to have been a seedling raised 

 there. The impression on my mind was that it was certainly distinct 

 from the Black Hamburgh. 



Frankenthal Blanc. See White Frankenthah 

 Frankenthaler. See Black Hamburgh. 

 Froc de la Boulaye. See Prolific Sweetwater. 

 Friiher Leipziger. See Early White Malvasia. 

 Garnston Black Hamburgh. See Black Hamburgh. 



GENERAL BELLA MARMORA. A variety much res'mVilng 

 Buckland Sweetwater, with which some consider it synonymous, while 

 others think it differs in being a better bearer. 



Golden Frontignan. See Salamoris Frontignan. 



GOLDEN CHAMPION. Bunches, large, eight to nine inches long ; 

 ovate in shape, well shouldered, and with a very thick fleshy stalk. 

 Berries, very large, an inch and three-eighths long, and from an inch 

 and an eighth to an inch and a quarter broad, oval or ovate, with very 

 stout warted stalks. Skin, thin, pale yellow, and becoming amber 

 when fully ripe. Flesh, firm, very juicy, and with the flavour of 

 Black Hamburgh. 



A large and very handsome early grape, which as a rule does not 

 hang long ; but along with its relative Duke of Buccleuch is one of the 

 largest grapes in cultivation. 



It was raised by Mr. William Thomson, at Dalkeith Palace Gardens, in 1863, 

 and was the result of a cross between Mill Hill Hamburgh and Bowood Muscat. 

 It received a first-class certificate from the Koyal Horticultural (Society in July, 

 1868. 



GOLDEN HAMBURGH (Luglienga Bianca ; Busby's Golden Ham- 

 burgh ; Stockwood Park Golden Hamburgh). Bunches, large, loose, 

 branching, and shouldered. Berries, large and oval. Skin, thin, of a 

 pale yellow colour, but when highly ripened, pale amber. Flesh, 

 tender and melting, very juicy, rich, sugary, and vinous. ^ ^ _ 



An excellent grape, but requires careful cultivation, as it very soon 

 decays after ripening, particularly at the point of union with the stalk, 

 when it becomes discoloured. Ripens in a cool vinery, and_forces 

 well. The leaves die yellow. 



In August, 1855, Busby, the gardener at Stockwood Park, near Luton, exhi- 

 bited a grape at the meeting of the British Pomological Society, which was reported 

 to have been raised from the Black Hamburgh, crossed by Dutch Sweetwater, and 

 it was pronounced by the Society to be the best of all the White Grapes except the 

 Muscats. Busby sold the vine for a large sum to Mr. Veitch, of Chelsea, who sent 

 it out in 1857. Suspicion was aroused that the vine had not been raised by Busby 



