856 JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



' Auvergne Frontignan ' and ' Ascot Frontignan ' are both white 

 varieties, of first-class quality and flavour, and are equally at home in the 

 early or mid-season vinery. They are both free bearers, and are specially 

 suitable for pot culture. 



' Ferdinand do Lesseps.' — This is a lovely small- berried variety, of 

 exquisite flavour. The bunches are distinctly small, and so too are the 

 berries, which are oval in shape, of a deep golden colour, and very 

 inviting looking. It was raised by Messrs. Pearson, of Chilwell, and 

 received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 

 1870. 



' Ascot Citronelle.' — A variety with small, white, oval berries arranged 

 in rather small bunches, and with a very pleasant but decided Muscat 

 flavour. It is a very early variety, ripening at least a fortnight before 

 ' Black Hamburgh ' when grown in the same house. It is very valuable 

 for early forcing where a small-berried but fine-flavoured Grape can be 

 appreciated. A First-class Certificate was awarded it in 1871. 



' Mrs. Pearson.' — A better known Grape than most of the above, 

 because it has bigger berries ; but it is still not so universally gro^^^l as it 

 deserves. For although the round white berries are not so big as some^ 

 the bunches are fine and large and of good shape, and will hang in good 

 condition longer than any other white Grape. It is altogether a first- 

 rate late Grape, and received a First-class Certificate in 1874 ; and if it 

 requires a little more care in growing than some poorer Grapes, it is all 

 the more credit to the grower when it is well done. 



' Royal Muscadine.' — This old variety used to be much more grown 

 than it is now, and, though it is a good outdoor Grape, it is far better 

 grown under glass ; the long bunches of round pale amber- coloured 

 l^erries are then of delicious flavour, and they possess the merit of hang- 

 ing well for a long time after they are ripe. For a cool greenhouse there 

 is no better variety. 



Just a word of warning : — Do not overfeed these refined small -berried 

 varieties of Grapes, as they vdW not stand stimulants like the larger, 

 coarser, and more robust ones. 



Effect of GrXfting. 



A Fellow inquires : — "If I graft ' Black Hamburgh ' on * Gros 

 Colmar ' I suppose it ^yi[\ make the Grapes later and the individual 

 berries larger than on ungrafted ' Black Hamburgh ' ; but would they 

 also take after ' Gros Colmar ' in length of time in colouring and liability 

 to split ? " It is impossible to say dogmatically that the Colmar stock 

 would have absolutely no efi'ect on the ' Black Hamburgh,' but it certainly 

 would have very little. How much we cannot say ; careful records taken 

 from two plants, one grafted and one not, growing side by side in the 

 same house, are required in order to institute an exact comparison. But 

 speaking from common experience, we are sure that ' Black Hamburgh ' 

 may be grafted on ' Gros Colmar ' with every confidence of success ; the 

 fruit would not be more than a few days, if at all, later than from ' Black 

 Hamburgh ' on its own roots ; the berries would not be larger or at all 

 more liable to split, nor longer in colouring, nor the foliage more liable 

 to red spider. 



