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FLORIST, FRUITIST, AND GARDEN 
MISCELLANY. 
THE MUSCAT HAMBUEGH GEAPE. 
(Plate 134.) 
This fine Grape, of which an admirable illustration, hy Andrews, 
is given on the opposite page, is a seedling, raised at Wrest 
Park, Bedfordshire, by Mr. Seward Snow, whose great 
experience and skill in the cultivation of fruits are well known 
to our readers. Mr. Snow informs us that this Grape 
originated by fertilising flowers of the Black Hamburgh 
Vine with those of the White Muscat of Alexandria; and that 
one of the seedlings from this crossing is the subject of our 
plate. We believe it was named the Muscat Hamburgh by 
the Pomological Society, which name very correctly describes 
its character, for it will at once be obvious to our readers, on 
examining the plate, that there is a great resemblance to the 
Hamburgh in form of hunch and berry, as we understand there 
is also in its habit of growth and earliness; and that its other 
parent (the Muscat) has imparted that peculiar musky aroma 
found only in that variety, and which, hitherto, has been con¬ 
fined to White Grapes alorre. We can justly congratulate Mr. 
Snow in having been so fortunate as to originate so noble a 
Grape, and one likely to prove so valuable. 
We conclude the notice of this Grape by extracting a 
description of it from a circular sent us by Messrs. A. Henderson 
and Co., of the Edgeware Boad, who, it appears, hold the 
stock of it; see also advertisement in present number. 
“Mr. Snow has been successful in the production of a Black 
Hamburgh Grape, with the flavour of the Muscat, having 
amongst its good qualities the hardy constitution of its parent, 
the Black Hamburgh. It ripens, and that to the highest 
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