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vated several other varieties of French grapes, sent over 

 as distinct, but cannot discover any difference in them 

 from the above ; all the White Chasselas grapes, when 

 perfectly matured, change to a golden, or amber hue, 

 if grown in a situation fully exposed to the sun. Mr. 

 Thompson gives twelve synonymes of this grape, and 

 classes the Chasselas of Fontaineblean and White Chasse- 

 las with them. But th^ere is no question that the grapes, 

 cultivated in this country under the names of Eoyal 

 Muscadine and Chasselas de Fontainebleau, are quite 

 distinct. 



^ Josling's St. Albari's. — Has proved to be Chasselas 

 Musqjie. 



SaMhee. — An East Indian variety, introduced to the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, Turnham Green, by Col. 

 Sykes. It is stated to be an abundant bearer. The 

 bunches are said to be large, shouldered like the Black 

 Hamburgh, and quite as handsome ; the berries are oval, 

 about the size of the Muscats, without that flavor, and 

 have a fine rosy tinge on the side next the sun. — Garden- 

 ers' Chronicle, 1847, page 511. The color of this grape 

 corresponds somewhat with that of the grape described 

 as Queen 'of Nice. 



^ Bowher. — ^This is a grape raised in the garden of 



Joel Bowker, Esq., of Salem, Massachusetts, from the 



seed of the Bloom Eaisin, imported from Malaga. It is 



a great bearer, the fruit handsome, the bunch large, 



closely set, berries roundish, inclining to oval, white, and 



of a pleasant flavor, without any musk. It is quite as 



handsome as the White Hamburgh, and a better fruit ; 



it succeeds best in a poor soil. 

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