116 Pomological Notices ; 



Josling's St. Allan's. — This is a new seedling grape, des- 

 cribed by Mr. Thompson, in the last number of the Journal 

 of the London Horticultural Society. It was raised by Mr. 

 Josling, seedsman, &c., St. Albans, about six years ago. The 

 last season, fruit of it was exhibited before the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, September 1, and a certificate of merit was 

 awarded. The bunch, supported by a strong footstalk, is very 

 long and tapering, with strong diverging shoulders. The ber- 

 ries are about the size of the White Frontignan, round, green- 

 ish white, acquiring a tinge of yellow, when well ripened. 

 Flesh rather firmer than that of the Frontignan grapes, but 

 not so firm as that of the Muscat of Alexandria, very rich 

 and sugary, with a Frontignan flavor. The leaves in their 

 general outline are tolerably round, their lobes not deep, but 

 the serratures are tolerably sharp ; both the upper and under 

 surfaces are remarkably glabrous, and slightly tinged with 

 red. On the whole, the leaves bear considerable resemblance 

 to that of the White Muscat of Alexandria ; the berries, how- 

 ever, differ in being decidedly round, like those of the Fron- 

 tignans ; but the leaves of the latter are not glabrous, being 

 furnished with bristly hair, at and near the axils of the veins 

 beneath. It is perfectly distinct from any other variety known. 

 Mr. Josling states, that about six years ago he sowed seeds of 

 several kinds of grapes, which had been disfigured by wasps, 

 among which were the White Muscat, White Nice, White 

 Muscad ine, and White Sweetwater. The seeds were gathered 

 promiscuously, but he thinks it is between the White Muscat 

 and White Nice, as they grew side by side. It differs most 

 distinctly from the White Frontignan, from the time of show- 

 ing the fruit, until, and when, ripe. In showing its fruit, the 

 branches are very long on amazingly stout footstalks, which 

 start diagonally from the vine, in a manner very different from 

 any I grow. At this stage, they are very conspicuous through- 

 out the house. After this the berries assume a dark green 

 color, the Frontignan is of a pale green ; it shoulders, the 

 Frontignan does not : the bunch tapers to a point, the Fron- 

 tignan is more cylindrical ; the footstalk throughout the bunch 

 is very stiff", the Frontignan hangs loosely. In flavor, it ap- 

 proaches the Frontignan more than any other grape ; but even 

 in this respect it differs materially, the berry in the mouth 



