THE CULTURK OF THE GRAPE. 817 



T" Muscat Fleur derange. — This grape came from 

 the French gardeners, who spoke of it as the best of all 

 Mnscats. So far as the first year's trial is any evidence, 

 it is hardly worth cultivation. The berries are oval, 

 with a little musky flavor ; skin less thick than the Mus- 

 cat of Alexandria, color the same. It cracks a good 

 deal, and seems to partake of the character of the 

 Musque Chasselas. This fruited in 1852, in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Porter, who furnished me with the above 

 descriptions. 



Bronze Grajpe. — ^This name is given to a fruit seen and 

 eaten in Syria by J. V. C. Smith, M.D., of Boston, who 

 saved the seed and brought them to this countiy, pre- 

 senting them to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 for distribution. I raised several vines from the seed 

 coming to me. Having compared the foliage with the 

 Syrian, Muscat of Alexandria, and Queen of Nice, kinde 

 which I thought it most probable to be, find it quite un- 

 like either of .them, and the chances are in favor of ob- 

 taining a new afra valuable variety. 



^iMuaqui Yerdel. — This is a seedling of my own, a 

 cross, naturally, of Verdelho and Grizzly Frontignan, an«il 

 partakes of the marked peculiarities of these grapes, 

 being, musque-flavored, and having the thin, rich pulp of 

 the Yerdelho. Thus far, the berry has been rather 

 small, under size, but as it yearly improves, hope it may 

 prove valuable. 



Seedlings. — I have many seedlings not named, tliat 

 have fruited the past years of 1850, to 1852, inclusive. 

 They resemble the White Chasselas and Black Ham- 

 burgh, generally; one, from seed of Wilmot's Black 



