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Green, Holiner, Moorcroft, Oldfield, Taynton 
Squash, Thurston’s Red, and White Squash. 
The following interesting particulars accom¬ 
pany the figure of Herefordshire Beefing :— 
“ Nothing is known of the origin of this Apple. 
Dr. Hogg first saw it at the Apple Show of the 
Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club, held at 
Hereford, in 1876. It was then named simply 
Beefing, to distinguish it from the Norfolk 
Beefing. Dr. Hogg called it the Herefordshire 
Beefing, a name which was adopted by the pomo- 
logical committee of the Club. Some months 
afterwards, when referring to some pomological 
MSS. which belonged to Forsyth, the author 
of a Treatise on Fruit 'Trees , Dr. Hogg found 
amongst them a record of a collection of fruits 
that had been sent to him in the year 1801, 
by a Mr. Stroud from Dorsetshire, and of these 
one was ‘ the Hereford Beefin, a fiat apple, of a 
brownisli-red with some yellow on the side 
from the sun. This is very different from the 
Norfolk Beefing—keeps till the end of April.’ 
Dr. Hogg’s nomenclature was thus long anti¬ 
cipated, and this opportunity of mentioning the 
circumstance is taken, because there is no 
record of the Hereford Beefin to be found in 
the Treatise on Fruit Trees ; nor, indeed, is 
any mention to be found of it elsewhere. It 
is now therefore described and figured for the 
first time. 
“ Description. —Fruit: roundish oblate, even 
in its outline. Skin : almost entirely of a dark 
chestnut-colour, veined and dotted all over 
with cinnamon-coloured russet, but especially 
over the crown and round the stalk, where it 
spreads over the base in ramifications; on the 
shaded side it is orange with a greenish tinge. 
Eye : rather large, set in a rather deep, round 
plaited basin, with convergent segments which 
are also sometimes erect; tube funnel-shaped; 
stamens basal. Stalk: stout and straight, set 
in a round cavity. Flesh : yellowish, very firm 
and solid, crisp, very juicy, and with a brisk but 
not harsh acidity. Cells of the core closed. 
“ This is an excellent culinary apple, and in 
season from December to April or May. It 
has also the very valuable property of drying 
well in the oven, like the Norfolk Beefing, for 
which purpose it would well repay extensive 
cultivation. 
“ The tree grows to a medium size, and is 
very hardy. It is so prolific, that in the miser¬ 
able seasons of 1879 and 1880, the Hereford¬ 
shire Beefing trees were conspicuous for their 
crops of fruit, whilst all the surrounding trees 
in the orchard were barren.” 
The faithful illustrations given in this book 
are such as to make it a most useful and valu¬ 
able addition to every garden library, and we 
trust it may continue to meet with liberal 
support from the class whom its issue more 
immediately concerns.—T. M. 
VINES AND VINE CULTURE. 
Chap. XVIII. —The Varieties of Grapes. 
(Continued.) 
IIE descriptions of the varieties of Grapes 
included in our Synoptical Table are 
here continued, from page 148 :— 
Malvoisie Noire. —A synonym of CEillade 
Noire : which see. 
Meurthe Frontignan (52).—A round black 
Muscat Grape. Synonym: Muscat Noir do 
Meurthe. 
Vine. —Moderately vigorous in growth, the shoots 
ripening freely ; of free-fruiting habit. Leaves small, 
rounded, not deeply lobed, but deeply toothed; 
dying off reddish. 
Fruit.—Bunches medium-sized, cylindrical, some¬ 
times slightly shouldered, very close and compact, 
well set. Berries medium-sized, larger than those of 
the Black Frontignan, round, on short thick fleshy 
stalks. Skin purplish-black, covered with a heavy 
bloom, and with a very prominent style-point. 
Flesh firm, crackling, rich, brisk, and juicy, with a 
very distinct Muscat flavour. 
History, fy’c. —Grown in the collection of the Royal 
Horticultural Society at Chiswick, having been re¬ 
ceived from M. Leroy, of Angers. 
Cultural Notes. —Will succeed under ordinary 
treatment, or in a cool house. 
Season. —Mid-season or general crop. 
Merits. —Quality excellent; one of the best of its 
class. 
Mihaud du Pradel. —A synonym of CEillade 
Noire: which see. 
Miller’s Burgundv (10).—A round black 
Sweetwater Grape. Synonym : Miller Grape. 
Vine. —Strong and vigorous in growth, the young 
shoots ripening freely, very fruitful, producing 
three to four bunches on each shoot. Leaves thick 
and leathery, very downy, the young leaves and 
shoots being almost white : hence called the Miller 
Grape. 
Fruit. — Bunches small, short, compact, very 
thickly and freely set. Berries small, rouudish. 
Skin thin, purplish-black, covered with a fine bloom. 
Flesh dark, juicy, with a sweet pleasant flavour. 
History, Syc. —One of the very oldest of Grapes 
cultivated in this country, and still to bo met with 
against walls and cottages, as an out-door vine. 
Cultural Notes. —Suitable for planting against a 
warm wall, where, in good seasons, it ripens freely. 
Sea son. —Early. 
Merits. —Third-rate. 
Mill-Hill Hamburgh (11).—A round 
black Sweetwater Grape. Synonyms: Cham¬ 
pion Hamburgh, Black Champion. 
Vine. —Growth very strong and gross, the young 
shoots soft and thick, and frequently not ripening 
well, so that the vine often becomes bare; not very 
free-bearing. Leaves very large, pale green, and very 
early assuming a flabby, flaccid, sickly yellow ap¬ 
pearance, as if the vine were out of health, which is 
a very distinctive characteristic of this variety. 
Fruit. — Bunches medium-sized, never very large, 
broadly shouldered, the stalk very thick and 
fleshy; rather thinly and often indifferently set. 
Berries very large, quite round. Skin thin almost 
transparent, reddish-black, seldom quite black, with 
