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Seedling. Mr. Pearson, of Ohilwell, may also be complimented on bis success in 
hybridizing the scented Strawberry Grape with our better-flavoured European 
varieties—an important preliminary step, though the hybrids obtained are not 
large either in bunch or berry, since they possess the true Strawberry scent of 
the parent, and are very pleasantly flavoured, especially one which is now called 
M. de Lesseps. Then we have, from Mr. Melville, of Dalmeny Park, another 
scented grape, called the Perfumed Muscat, which in appearance somewhat 
resembles a small Muscat of Alexandria, and is very pleasantly flavoured. A 
curious sport from the Oitronelle, with striped bemes, resembling, in the peculiarity 
of its colouring and marking, the old Aleppo or variegated Chasselas, has been 
seen at one of the Kensington meetings. 
New Melons are generally plentiful, but there are few more finely-flavoured 
or more distinct than Mr. Gilbert’s Burghleij Green-fleshed has proved itself to be ; 
while the new Italian variety, Triomphe de Nice^ is also of fine quality. 
Among Stone Fruits, we have acquired—of Apricots, Golden Drop, a small very 
early sort; and New Large Early, a very decided improvement on the old form. 
Peaches yield a good useful variety in Large Early Mignonne^ ripening about a 
week earlier than the Early Grosse Mignonne ; and of Nectarines^ Lord Napier is 
an early sort, of first-rate quality, raised from a stone of the Early Albert Peach. 
These all come from Mr. Elvers’ establishment. Of Plums we have a valuable 
addition, as an early dessert fruit, in Drfs Seedling^ a large, roundish-oval, reddish- 
purple variety, very pleasantly flavoured. 
Dessert Apples have yielded little novelty. To Mr. Lawrence, of Chatteris, 
we owe a very’pleasing addition to winter dessert fruit in Mrs. Ward., one of the 
most sprightly-flavoured, pleasant, and beautiful little Apples yet introduced, 
having the appearance of a Court of Wick, with the colour of the Scarlet Non¬ 
pareil, from which it was raised. Of this we have given a wood-cut. We may 
also notice, as a pretty ornamental sort, rivalling the Pomme d’Api in beauty, and 
of good quality into the bargain, an accidentally-crossed seedling of the Eed 
Siberian Crab, raised by Mr. Jennings, and to be called the Fairy Apple. This 
wo hope to figure next month. In Pears., though many varieties have been 
brought forward, all have fallen short in point of flavour, for which, perhaps, the 
season is mainly to blame. 
Small Fraits have furnished MDaren's Prolific Raspberry, a double-bearing, 
large red variety, producing enormous crops on the young shoots; its chief merit 
thus being its lateness. Blade Currants have given us in Lee's Prolific Blade 
a sort larger and better than the Black Naples, and one which possesses the merit 
of hanging firmly on the bushes for a long time after getting ripe. Finally, to 
wind up with a honne-houche., we gain in Straivherries, the Ascot Pine-apple of 
Messrs. Standish and Co., a very highly-flavoured early sort, having all the 
characteristics of La Constante, but being much earlier. 
In the Vegetable department improvement has hitherto been mainly effected 
