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stated, it appears highly deservmg of cultivation. For pot 

 cultivation, it has proved to be exceedingly well adapted. 



Sahibee. — A Deccan grape, sent to the Society, by Col. 

 Sykes. A large, handsome, tapering bunch, sometimes slight- 

 ly shouldered. Berries large, oval, white, with a rose-colored 

 tinge next the sun. Pulp tender, juicy, sweet, without any 

 Muscat flavor, pleasant, but not equal in richness to the 

 Sweetwater. The vine, notwithstanding the hot climate from 

 which it was imported, bursts soon into leaf, and, as the fruit 

 ripens early, it may prove eligible for very early forcing. 



We suspect this is the same grape Mr. Buist has noticed 

 in our Magazine, (Vol. XIII., p. 133,) as Decan's superb. 



Verbal. — The foliage of this grape resembles the White 

 Frontignan; but the fruit is more like the Royal Muscadine, 

 to which, in point of flavor, it seems fully equal. It ripens early. 



Olwer. — Bunch and berries rather larger than those of the 

 Royal Muscadine. The bunch has stifl" shoulders, and the 

 pedicels are short and thick. Berries round white. Pulp 

 juicy, vinous, not quite so sugary as the Royal Muscadine ; 

 yet, independent of its properties as a vine grape, it appears 

 deserving of cultivation. It ripens soon after the Royal Mus- 

 cadine. 



The variety was received from Messrs. Baumann, of Boll- 

 wilier, in whose catalogue it is classed among the wine grapes 

 with a remark thus : — "Olwer dont I'usage du vin doit etre 

 un preservatif centre la gravelle." 



Reeves's Muscadine. — Bunch large, broad-shouldered ; 

 stalk thick ; pedicels short, stifl'. Berries oval ; skin yellow- 

 ish white, rather thick; pulp melting, juicy, rich. A good 

 grape, ripening quite as early as the Black Hamburgh, under 

 similar circumstances. This variety was imported from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, without a name, by John Reeves, Esq. ; 

 and, as it appears deserving of cultivation, it has been desig- 

 nated as above. 



Blussard Noir. — Smaller, earlier, and a more sugary va- 

 riety than the Black Hamburgh, which, in other respects, it 

 resembles. This also was received from the nursery of Messrs. 

 Baumann. 



Gross Gromier du Cantal. — Avery strong-growing variety 

 with remarkably short-jointed wood. Leaves deeply serrated, 



