SEPTEMBER. 
257 
INGRAM’S HARDY PROLIFIC MUSCAT GRAPE. 
[Plate 180 .] 
We are indebted to Mr. Standisli of Bagshot for permission 
to figure the new and valuable Grape which forms our present 
plate; the variety originated at the Royal Gardens, Frogmore, 
under the superintendence of Mr. Ingram, who, we are 
informed, obtained our present subject by crossing a black 
seedling of his own raising with pollen taken from the 
Muscat of Alexandria. 
To Mr. Ingram belongs the merit of having raised not only 
the seedling Grape now figured, but several other new fruits 
and flowers owe their origin to the skilful process of hybrid¬ 
ising practised by that gentleman at Frogmore; the Prince 
Arthur, Prince of Wales, Frogmore Late Pine, and Rifleman 
Strawberries, perhaps the four most useful varieties in culti¬ 
vation, have all been raised by Mr. Ingram. The Apples, 
Pears, Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines, have also all been 
operated upon with successful results, although these results 
are not yet sufficiently proved to be made known to the 
world. Nor have flowering plants been forgotten; the Crystal 
Palace Scarlet Geranium, about which so much has been said, 
had its origin at Frogmore; so had Princess Alice, a pink 
variety, and many others. Of Heaths, Epacrises, and Be¬ 
gonias, Mr. Ingram has raised many charming hybrids, a few 
of which are known, but the greater part are confined to the 
Frogmore collection. 
We have great pleasure in having an opportunity of noticing 
Mr. Ingram’s labours as a most successfu] hybridist, and hope 
our pages will ere long show further evidences of his skill in 
this particular branch of gardening. 
Mr. Standish informs us that he has fruited the Prolific 
Muscat both in pots and planted out, and can therefore 
speak with certainty to its great productiveness and hardi¬ 
ness. It produces hard, short-jointed wood, with thick 
robust foliage, a property which adds to its value, when we 
remember how manv crosses from the Muscat have tender 
foliage, apt to become scorched under a bright sun. The 
bunches are somewhat long, tapering, and well shouldered. 
The berries set very freely, even under the disadvantage of a 
low damp atmosphere; the berries are medium sized, oval¬ 
shaped, of an intensely black colour, and well covered with 
bloom, possessing a rich vinous flavour, with a slight dash of 
musky aroma; the variety has been pronounced by competent 
judges to be a most delicious as well as very useful Grape. 
The Hardy Prolific Muscat has been exhibited before the 
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