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calculated for the press : for the latter purpose, in a cold cli- 

 mate, I am confident that one or two of them possess very 

 great excellence. I sent a bunch of one of those varieties to 

 the Horticultural Society, in the last autumn, and I propose 

 to send two or three others in the present year. 



I have subsequently obtained plants from the White Chas- 

 selas and Sweetwater, whose appearance is much more pro- 

 mising; and the earliest variety of the Grape I have ever 

 yet seen, sprang from a seed of the Sweetwater, and the 

 farina of the Red Frontignac. This is also a very fine Grape, 

 resembling the Frontignac in colour and form of the bunch ; 

 but I fear its blossoms will prove too tender to succeed in 

 the open air in this country ; a single bunch, consisting of a 

 few berries, is, however, all that has yet existed of this kind. 

 The present season also affords me two new varieties of the 

 V 7 ine, with striped fruil, and variegated autumnal leaves, pro- 

 duced by the White Chasselas and the farina of the Aleppo 

 Vine : one of these has ripened extremely early, and is, I 

 think, a good Grape. When perfectly ripe, I propose send- 

 ing a bunch of it for the - inspection of the Horticultural 

 Society. 



In all attempts to obtain new varieties of fruit, the propa- 

 gator is at a loss to know what kinds are best calculated to 

 answer his purpose ; and therefore, I have mentioned those 

 varieties of the Grape, from which I have propagated with 

 the best prospect of success. My experiments are, however, 

 still in their infancy ; and I do not possess the means of mak- 

 ing them on so large a scale, or in so perfect a manner as I 

 wish ; nevertheless,, the facts of which I am in possession, 

 leave no grounds of doubt in my mind, that varieties of the 



