232 Queries and Answers. 



of the border will, in a few years, increase considerably. I must remark, lastly, that vines are 

 often ill used by over-bearing ; those who want large and fine-flavoured grapes must not spare 

 either knife or scissors. If I am in error in any of these points, I trust I shall call forth correc- 

 tion from some master hand, and which, if honest, I shall be thankful for. I remain, Sir, &c. — 

 Robert Errington. Oulton Park. 



Vines for a Green-house. — In answer to a Constant Reader (Vol. V. p. 73f5.), 

 ■who wishes to know what vines are proper to plant in a green-house, chiefly for geraniums, the 

 health of which is entirelv studied. If I must be candid, I should say plant none. Why, it 

 would naturally be asked, "should such an extent of glass be unoccupied, since the practice of 

 planting vines is, I may say, universally adopted, nursery houses alone excepted ? That vines will 

 grow and bear in a green-house, I readily admit ; but that geraniums and other green-house 

 plant3 generally will do well I flatly deny; either the one or the other must suffer, because the 

 plants want all the air possible in open weather, particularly in the months of April and May, both 

 day and night, They should enjoy all the air possible in May, previously to their being removed 

 into the open air in June, or they become drawn and dwindling. On the contrary, the vines want 

 the house to be more close, as they break generally in the end of April, and produce their bloom 

 in the month of May, when a little fire should be made night and morning, in dull cold weather, 

 which would greatly accelerate the growth of the vines That light and air is indispensably 

 necessary to the good culture of geraniums, in keeping them what we term stocky, every cultivator 

 must agree; and that shade, and keeping the house to a higher temperature than is required, 

 must be highly improper, is also obvious. If your correspondent is desirous of having his gera- 

 niums fine, let him plant no vines ; but if he must have both geraniums and grapes, let him plant 

 only three instead of six, training them to every other rafter. I know of none better to plant than 

 three of the sorts named by himself, viz. Royal Muscadine, Early White Teneriffe, and the Black 

 Hamburgh. These I would train very thinly over the house; if lofty, they might be trained to 

 wire, in the manner described by J. Haycroft (Vol. V. p. 733.) I am, Sir, &c. — J. II. Linden 

 Hill, near Maidenhead, Jan. 18. 1830. 



Vines for a Green-house. — I observe that one of your correspondents (Vol. V. 



?. 733.) wishes to know whether the six kinds of vines he mentions will succeed in a green-house, 

 think only two of the six will succeed, viz. the Royal Muscadine, and Black Hamburgh : the 

 others, although all of them good kinds, require a strong heat ; indeed without it they will not 

 ripen their fruit well, and are only fit for a pine stove. The kinds I would recommend as most 

 suitable for a green-house, in addition to the above-named two, are the White and Black Musca- 

 dine, and Black Cluster (not the Miller Grape) ; and although I have not tried the Verdelho variety 

 in a green-house, I am inclined to think it will do very well, as it forces well in pots in a stove, 

 and, although a small variety, is, upon the whole, a good grape. — G. Fulton. Nortlnvick Park, 

 Jan. 30. 1830. 



Muscadine and Muscat Grapes. — In reply to different queries respecting the 

 identity of the Chasselas and Muscadine grapes, an experienced nurseryman, who has been a good 

 deal in France, has furnished us with the following list of names and synonymes : — 



Chasselas blanc, Bar sur Aube blanc, Chasselas d'Or. These are different names of our White 

 Muscadine. Bunches closely set and middle size ; clear white, or amber colour ; flavour, delicate 

 and sugary ; early and great bearer ; certainly one of the best white grapes we have. 



Chasselas de Fontainbleau. Our Royal Muscadine. Distinguished from the former, by its 

 stronger wood, larger leaves, longer bunches, thinner set and more fleshy : an improved variety 

 of the former. 



Chasselas Musque. The La Cour of Miller, the True Muscadine. The bunches of this species 

 are not quite so large as those of the White Muscadine, are of a greener tint, and ripen later ; the 

 leaves are smaller, and not so deeply lobed ; a good bearer, and excellent grape, combining the 

 hardiness and fertility of the Chasselas, with the high musky flavour of the Frontignac. In these 

 respects, it js the only one of the family to which the name of Muscadine is 6trictly appropriate. 



Petit Chasselas. Our Parsley -leaved Grape. 



Chasselas Violet. Our Black Muscadine, or Franlcenthal. 

 . Chasselas Noir. Black Muscadine, with a thick set bunch. 



Chasselas Rouge Red Chasselas. 



Chasselas Rose. The last five sorts, though good grapes, are not equal to the former, and ripen 

 somewhat later. 



The White Sweet-waters are also Chasselas grapes, if we regard their affinities in size, shape, and 

 flavour, their period of ripening, the family character of ruddiness in the young leaves and extre- 

 mities of the shoots, and the absence of pubescence thereon. 



The Muscat, or Frontignac grapes, form another class, which, though not generally ripening 

 on the open walls, is not so valuable as the former for ordinary use ; yet, from the superiority of 

 flavour, they are indispensable wherever artificial heat can be applied. The French enumerate in 

 their catalogues, the Muscat Blanc, our White Frontignac, a close long conical bunch, exceeded 

 by none in richness, and high musky flavour. 



Muscat Rouge. Red Frontignac. Of a light purplish red to the sun, looser in the bunch than 

 the white, and akin to it in flavour. 



Muscat Oris. Our Grixzled Frontignac. Of a striped brick colour ; the bunch not so large or 

 close, but abetter bearer, and earlier than the foregoing, and equally high flavoured. 



Muscat. Our Black Frontignac. Black Constantia, or Muscat of Jerusalem. A long black 

 bunch, high-flavoured, but a thin bearer. 



Muscat Noir. Our Blue Frontignac. Bunch short, very closely set ; ripens unequally, but ear- 

 lier and a better bearer than the former : leaves slightly lobed. 



Gros noir MusqiuS. A large black-shouldered bunch, but delicate, and sets badly; leaves 

 deeply lobed. 



Muscat noir"de Jura. A black Frontignac, from Mount Jura : bunch middle-sized ; high fla- 

 vour ; good bearer, and ripens early 



Muscat d'Alexandre, or Passe longue Musquee. Our Wliite Muscat of Alexandria,— J. R 

 Kilkenny, April. 19. 1828. 



Best Sorts of Pine-apples for Cultivation. — Sir, C. F. W. wishes I had answered 

 his query respecting the pine more fully. My answer is in Vol. IV. p. 186., and, though brief is, 

 I think, fully to the point. C. F. W. says the Enville, Globe, Otaheite, &c, are in high repute in 

 his neighbourhood, and that these sorts are not mentioned in your Encyclopedia, or your Treatise 

 on the Pine, by an F. H. S. With regard to the Enville, it is as generally known as any pine in 

 cultivation, and was long since raised in C. F. W.'s neighbourhood ; the Globe is grown in some 



