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Blanchard (Yilmoine). 
Synonym. — Fillpeck (Peake). 
Favourite (Fenn). 
This very closely resembles Blanchard. Is smaller and 
inferior. 
RintouVs Striped Bon. (See p. 99.) 
Welheck purple (Tillery). 
A late and strong-growing form of Eiatoul's Striped Don, raised 
by Mr. Tillery Welbeck ; from Pink-eyed Eegent. 
Fortyjold. (See p. 99.) 
Synonym. — Blue Six "Weeks (Veitch). 
Erom Mr. C. France, Culzean, Maybole, Ayr, came 40 unnamed 
seedlings (about 12 varieties), having haulm of much the same 
character of growth as the Eegent class, and clear smooth- 
skinned round flattened tubers of good appearance and quality, but 
rather too small. The Committee did not consider any of them 
improvements on existing varieties, or sufficiently distinct to be 
introduced. 
XXXIII. On the Hybridisation of the Black Monukka and Black 
Hamburgh Grapes. By A. F. Baeeon, Gardener-in- Chief. 
The Black Monukka is a Grape believed to be of Indian origin, 
which was received from the late Mr. Johnson, gardener at 
Hampton Court, and distributed by the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society. It is a grape of great peculiarity and of great ex- 
cellence. It is of exceedingly robust growth, and a some- 
what shy bearer. The bunches produced are, however, very 
large — from 12 to 20 inches or more in length, and of a 
regular tapering form. The berries are small, long-ovate, in- 
clining to be conical like an acorn, measuring -| inch in length 
and f inch in diameter. In colour it approaches black when well 
ripened, but is more frequently of a dull-reddish brown ; it has a 
thin coating of bloom. The skin is thin, adhering to the pulp, 
which is firm, fleshy, and not melting, yet very tender and full of 
juice. It contains no perfect seeds, only one — or at most two 
half-formed, and these being soft like the pulp are eaten with it, as 
