On an early Variety of Grape. 1 1 



shoot, which sprang almost from the ground in the preceding 

 year, I cannot state accurately its comparative earliness. In 

 many respects its character agrees with that of the Van der 

 JLaanhdtiveo£KsooFS Pomology; though he states the ber- 

 ries of that variety to be* slightly (tant soit peu) oblong ; and 

 those in my house were all nearly, if not quite, round. The 

 form of the berries of many Grapes, is however subject to 

 some variation, as they are more or less detached from each 

 other, by the bunches being thinned with the scissars ; and 

 I suspect this Grape will prove to be the Van der Loan h&twe, 

 which is not, I believe, at all known in the nurseries. 



Should the cuttings you receive prove acceptable to any 

 Members of the Horticultural Society, it is to Mr. Brogden 

 they are indebted. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



Your's, &c. &c. 



Thomas Andrew Knight. 



Downton, Feb. 27, 1812. 



