38 Pomological Notices. 



Sweetwater, Pitmaston white cluster, White and Black sweetwater. Small and 

 Large Black and White cluster. Black esperione, &c. 



To plant a Vinery for early forcing, take the preceding sorts | or Esperione, 

 Black prince, Cambridge Botanic Garden grape, White muscadine, Royal 

 muscadine. White sweetwater. White Frontignan, Grove End sweetwater, and 

 Red Frontignan. 



Some new varieties of grapes have lately been raised by Mr. 

 Williams of Pitmaston, and the fruit exhibited and tasted at 

 the meetings of the Horticultural Society, in October, 1834, 

 which promise to be hardy and high-flavoured. Money's hardy 

 muscat, or Eshcolata (IX. 384.), seems to deserve trial; and a 

 very dark variety of black Hamburgh, in the Lewisham Nur- 

 sery, produces fruit, which, on account of its colour, sells at 6d. 

 a pound more than the common Hamburgh. We expect soon 

 to be able to announce a very superior variety of winter grape, 

 as introduced from Belgium. 



Figs. 

 " Lindlei/s Selection for a small garden in the southern and midland counties 

 of England is as follows : — Black Ischia, Brown Turkey, Brunswick, Chest- 

 nut, Malta, Pregussata, Large white Genoa, Marseilles, Nerii, Small early 

 white." 



It is proper to observe, that, in the Horticultural Society's 

 garden, little or no experience has as yet been obtained on the 

 subject of grapes or figs; and that our selections of these fruits 

 are the joint result of Mr. Thompson's recommendation and 

 our own observation. A good vinery for proving the grapes, 

 and a suitable wall for proving the figs, are desiderata in that 

 garden which, we trust, will speedily be supplied. 



With regard to fruits jn'oved in the garden of the Cale- 

 donian Horticultural Society, we refer to X. 397. At the 

 general meeting of the Society, held Sept. 4., several seedHng 

 fruits of merit, or of high promise, were exhibited. Among 

 these were a seedHng plum nearly allied to the green gage, but 

 ripening on standard trees, raised by Mr. Alexander Mitchell, 

 gardener of Robert Bruce Dundas, Esq., of Blair ; and two 

 excellent seedling peaches, raised from kernels of American 

 kinds, by Mr. James Taylor, gardener to the Earl of Dunmore. 

 At the meeting of Sept. 16., a seedling apple and a seedling pear 

 were shown, and both considered promising, raised, at the Mains 

 of Bothkennar, by Mr. John Hardie ; and a small branch of the 

 Bursut apple, studded with fruit, was sent by Mr. Gorrie. The 

 tree was of dwarfish growth, and produced numerous clusters of 

 fruit. At the meeting of Nov. 6., two seedling apples were ex- 

 hibited : one raised, by Mr. John Soutter, gardener to Colonel 

 Spens of Craigsanquhar, by crossing the golden pippin with the 

 scarlet nonpareil ; and the other, from the pips of the Doonside, 

 by Mr. Robert Scott of Gowanglen Orchard, parish of Carluke. 



