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Dr. Van Mons, in 1834. It has fruited in the collection of Mr. 

 Cabot, of Salem, for four or five years, and is a very excel- 

 lent winter pear, keeping till March. Size abont medium ; 

 Form pyramidal; Skin green and russet; Flesh melting, 

 juicy, sugary and rich, with a peculiarly high-flavored aro- 

 ma. Ripe from December to March. 



Grapes. 



In our volume for 1847, (XIIL, p. 114,) we gave some ac- 

 count of several new grapes. The number of new varieties 

 which are annually introduced, is, perhaps, smaller than that 

 of any other fruit. Why this is so, it is not our object to inquire 

 now. But a fruit so important, it seems to us, is as deserving 

 of the attempt to produce new and superior seedlings as the 

 pear, the apple, or the peach. 



The London Horticultural Society have recently had some 

 additions to the collection in their garden, principally, how- 

 ever, from French nurseries ; and, in the last volume of the 

 Journal^ we find the following sorts noticed and described 

 by Mr. Thompson, the superintendent of the fruit depart- 

 ment. Some of them appear to possess much merit, and we 

 trust that, ere long, we shall be enabled to give some further 

 account of them from our own personal experience; till then 

 cultivators of the grape must rely upon the opinions of Mr. 

 Thompson, for their excellence : — 



Queen Muscat. — A new variety, sent to the garden of the 

 London Horticultural Society, by Mr. Glendenning, of Turn- 

 ham Green, in the spring of 1848. It was only a young 

 plant, raised from an eye in the previous season. It, however, 

 fruited in an eight-inch pot. The size the bunch would at- 

 tain, from a well-established vine, could not, therefore, only 

 be estimated comparatively with that of other sorts grown 

 in a pot, under similar circumstances, and accordingly it may 

 be stated to be larger than that of the Royal Muscadine. The 

 berries are also fully as largo as those of the latter, but per- 

 fectly distinct, being oval. They are yellowish white, semi- 

 transparent, so that one seed, which each berry contains, can 

 be seen through the skin. The flesh is firmer than that of 

 the Muscat of Alexandria, rich and sugary. It is an early 

 grape; and as far as can be judged of it, grown as above 



