THE MAGAZINE 



HORTICULTURE 



JULY, 1843. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. The London Horticultural Society's Catalogue of 

 Fruits. 3d Edition. With notices of all the 'principal 

 varieties enumerated since the 2d Edition^ and other Re- 

 marks. By the Editor. 



Grapes. 



Great progress has been made in determining the syno- 

 nyms of this excellent fruit. In the 1st Edition, one hun- 

 dred and fifty-nine varieties were enumerated ; in the 2d 

 Edition one hundred and eighty-two ; but when the 3d was 

 issued, in December, 1842, the number of varieties then 

 growing in the Society's garden had been reduced to niiiety- 

 nine. The cultivation of the vine under glass in the cli- 

 mate of England, as well as in this country, is the only 

 mode of testing the qualities of the several varieties — as it 

 is quite impossible to ripen more than two or three kinds in 

 the open air. An immense extent of glass would conse- 

 quently be required to test, at once, all the sorts enumerated 

 in the several editions. With what means the Society have 

 had at command they have proved a great number. In the 

 1st Edition, the greatest number of synonyms under any 

 one variety was six; in the 3d Edition, no less than forty- 

 five are enumerated under the Black Cluster, and thirty-six 

 under the Black Hamburgh. No fruit varies more under 

 different treatment, and in different soils and localities, than 

 the grape when artificially cultivated, and the number of 

 synonyms had become increased to a great extent a few 

 years ago ; but for the labors of the Society, which are 



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