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small, round, greenish white, having a rich Muscat or "Chasse- 

 las Musque" flavour. Raised at Dalkeith by Mr W. Thomson. 



Duke of Buccleuch. Bunch 8-10 inches in length; berries 

 very large, with a prominent style covered with a rich amber 

 skin, and having a juicy " Hamburg" flavour. 



Early Ascot Frontignan. A hardy Grape resembling " White 

 Frontignan" in appearance and flavour. It is one of Mr 

 Standish's seedlings, raised from " Muscat de Saumer," fer- 

 tilised with pollen from " Chasselas Musque." 



Emperor of Morocco. An oblong black Grape, raised by Mr 

 Pearson. It is a seedling from Black Morocco. 



Ferdinand de Lesseps. This is a distinct-flavoured Grape, 

 the berries and bunches resembling Chasselas Musque. It 

 was raised by Mr Pearson, and is the result of a cross between 

 the American " Strawberry " Grape and Royal Muscadine, the 

 former being the seed-bearing parent. About 100 seedlings 

 were raised, all worthless except this one, which is the most 

 distinct of all Grapes in flavour, tasting like new honey or 

 Strawberries and Pine -apple combined. The raiser thus 

 alludes to it : " Here was at least a great curiosity, a pretty 

 scented fruit, which few with their eyes shut would take to be 

 a Grape. But every one does not like barley-sugar or new 

 honey either, and then unfortunately the berries were little 

 larger than those of the Frontignan, and the bunches scarcely 

 so long, and though " Ferdinand " found many admirers, I 

 never recommended any one to plant it who had not seen and 

 tasted it." 



Golden Champion. A remarkably handsome, large-berried, 

 golden Grape, raised by Mr W. Thomson at Dalkeith in 1863. 

 (See 'Florist,' 1868, p. 217, for coloured plate and de- 

 scription.) 



Golden Queen. This is a very handsome variety, the result 

 of a cross effected between Ferdinand de Lesseps and Black 

 Alicante. It fruited for the first time last year (1873). The 

 bunch and berry are in shape exactly like Madresfield Court, 

 but the colour is a bright gold. The flavour is that of a Muscat 

 of Alexandria, without any of the aroma peculiar to the Muscats, 

 being in fact a rich, fleshy, sweet Grape. The foliage shows its 

 hybrid origin, being strong, dark-looking, and feeling to the 

 touch more like that of a Fig than a Vine. The wood is bright 

 cinnamon in colour, and, taking fruit and Vine together, it is 

 perhaps the most beautiful Vine ever seen growing. 



Ingram 's Hardy Prolific Muscat. This is a seedling raised 

 by Mr Ingram, and it fruited in 1861. 



Lady Downers Seedling. This is well known as one of the 



