Transactions of the Horticultwal Society. sq^j 



at Welbeck, about 1786. Mr. Thompson's subsequent ob- 

 servations and corrections make the whole a valuable com- 

 munica:tion, and of great use to those who may be forming 

 collections of grapes, or looking out for the best sorts for cul- 

 tivation. 



Mr. Speechley's list contained one hundred and twelve 

 names ; but he had doubts whether there were more than 

 half the number of distinct kinds. His published list, there- 

 fore, was not a perfect standard, and nmch disappointment 

 was the consequence among nurserymen and their customers. 

 To remedy these defects is the avowed object of Mi\ Thomp- 

 son's paper, and out of the list he recommends the following 

 as worthy of cultivation : — r 



White Muscat of Alexandria. A rich, well-known, hot- 

 house grape. — Black Damascus, or Worksop. Rich, but 

 tender, and a shy bearer. — Black Tripoli. Inferior, but more 

 prolific than the preceding. — Aleppo, or, more properly. 

 Leopard, Grape. Valued for its fruitfulness and curiously 

 striped berries. — Syracuse Red. Its best qualities, strong 

 growth and fruitfulness. — Muscadel, Mogul, or Black Raisin. 

 Tolerably good, but discarded. ■ — Frontignac. The White, 

 Black, and Grizzly, excellent; but the Red not so good as 

 the Grizzly. The Blue is said to be the true Old Fron- 

 tignac. — White Sweet-water [Diamond or Pearl Druff 

 i. e. Pearl Drop]. Excellent. — Black Sweet-water. Rather 

 inferior. — Black Hamburgh. A well-known favourite. — 

 Red Hamburgh, or Gibraltar. Inferior to the preceding. — 

 Genuine Tokay, or Maurillon. A real good grape. — Lom- 

 bardy, or Flame-coloured Tokay, otherwise Rhenish Red. 

 Handsome, but inferior in flavour to the other Tokay. 

 Alicant, Black Spanish, Valentia, Portugal, Lisbon, Prince. 

 These are all names given to this grape; it is not at all like the 

 old Lombardy, now called West's St. Peter. — White Mus- 

 cadine, or Chasselas. Good, but too tender for a stove. — 

 Black Muscadine. Good, and well known. — Royal Musca- 

 dine. Not so good as the White. — Claret. — Syrian. Well 

 known [bunches remarkably large, but only proper for a 

 stove]. — Miller's Burgundy, Black Cluster, and Large Black 

 Cluster. All common, and well known. — St. Peter's Grape. 

 Inferior. — Ciotat, or Parsley-leaved. — Greek Grape. Proli- 

 fic and good, but keeps badly This is, in some places, called 

 the Green Chee. — Corinth. Well described, but soon decays. 



leaving a widow (who now, 1828, keeps the post-office, Gerrard's Cross), 

 a son, and daughter. He was not less valued as an excellent gardener, than 

 as an obliging neighbour and worthy man. 



