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The Grape Vines, for my new trellis, now well established, are the Black 

 Raisin, West St. Peter's, Black Damascus, grafted on the St. Petersburgh (as 

 in a communication to the Gardener's Magazine by Mr. Oldaker), besides 

 Black Muscadel, Syrian, and Black Hamburgh. I intend to procure the Tot- 

 tenham Park new White Muscat Grape vine also, and am informed 58s. are 

 now demanded for it. — C. Hale Jessop. Cheltenham, September, 1827. 



Late-flowering Roses. — Specimens of the following sorts, finely in bloom, 

 were sent us by Mr. Donald, of the Woking nursery, on the 22d of Octo- 

 ber : — Four Seasons, Monthly White Cluster, Monthly Red Cluster, Musk 

 Cluster, New double Musk, Fraser's new Black China Musk, White Noi- 

 sette, Blush China, Barclay's new Purple China, Scarlet China, Dwarf small- 

 flowered China, Tea-scented China, and Yellow China. 



Coe's Golden Drop Apple. — Sir, I beg to submit to you a few spe- 

 cimens of an apple raised from the seed of the Old Nonpareil, about twenty 

 years since, by Mr. Coe, of Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, and called by him 

 Coe's Golden Drop Apple. As a dessert apple for the months of February, 

 March, and April, I think it is scarcely equalled; like most apples it has 

 ripened rather prematurely both this season and last, but it always retains 

 its poignancy and juice. Quite late in the spring it shrivels, and is then 

 very delicious. The above-named gentleman is the same who raised that 

 excellent fruit, Coe's Golden Drop Plum ; he was a correspondent of ours, 

 and sent cuttings here both of the apple and plum, as soon as their respective 

 good qualities were ascertained. The plum is now well known, but the 

 apple not so well, owing, I suppose, to the multiplicity of sorts of good 

 apples dividing the palm of merit with the very good sorts. We have cul- 

 tivated it rather extensively here, and now feel so convinced of its good 

 qualities as regards bearing and keeping, that I am induced to ask your opi- 

 nion of its merits in respect to flavour. The trees grow remarkably vigorous, 

 handsome, and free from canker. I also send two or three of a pear which 

 I found in some old gardens in the neighbourhood; it does well for defi- 

 cient seasons, as it always bears, and is one of the hardiest trees possible. 

 In average seasons it keeps till February. I should feel obliged by its 

 name. I am, Sir, &c. — T. Rivers, jun. Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, 

 December 7. 1827. 



The apples are handsome, and very well flavoured ; the pears melting 

 and juicy, and we should suppose allied to the Brown Beurree. — Cond. 



The best Standard Pear. — I have made my mind up as to the best 

 autumn standard pear, which is the Forme de Marie Louise ; I received 

 it from M. van Mons. Lest it should be confounded with the Marie 

 Louise, which is not so good a standard pear in our climate, I should 

 mention that the wood of the Forme de Marie Louise is stronger than 

 that of the Marie Louise ; the tree, altogether, is more vigorous ; very 

 hardy ; falls early into fruit; and is an exceeding great bearer. The fruit 

 is larger, and of a more russety colour than that of the Marie Louise, 

 and, in my opinion, of a much higher flavour; it is melting, and continues 

 in eating till the first week of December, being fully six weeks from the 

 time it first comes to table. 



The best new wall pear that I have yet tasted for the present season is 

 the Bonne Malinoise, or Neilis d'Hiver, for they are both the same ; its 

 season is just gone by. 



The following pears I consider as unfit for our climate : — Beurre'e Dre'e ; 

 Decandolle; Colmar Van Mons ; and Francis II. Accept this information 

 as an earnest of what I will do when I can. My dear Sir, jours, &c. — 

 John Braddick. Bonghton Mount, December 6. 



Mulberries and Walnuts. — One of the characteristics of the present age 

 is the quickness with which productions are obtained, for which formerly 

 we were obliged to wait many years. A friend of mine, who has not planted 

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