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large long-shouldered bunch, with 
rich muscat flavour. It requires to 
be grown in a very high temperature, 
varying from 5° to 10° more than 
any other variety. Syn. White 
Tokay, Tottenham Park Muscat, 
Alexandrian Prontignan, White Mus¬ 
cat, Eunel, White Muscat of Lunel, 
Malaga, Muscat of Jerusalem. 
Muscat, Cannon Hall. Por a vinery no 
variety can exceed this; the berries 
are very large, yellowish-white, oval, 
exceedingly rich muscat flavour, pro¬ 
duced on large handsome bunches. 
The vine is a good bearer in a warm 
house. 
Nice, White. Round, greenish-white, 
sweet berries, on very large loose 
bunches, suitable only for a vinery. 
Pitmaston, White Cluster. Medium¬ 
sized, round, white, and very sweet 
berries, on compact bunches; an ex¬ 
cellent variety for a wall. Syn. 
Grange Cluster, White Cluster. 
Saint Peter’s, Elack. Large, round, 
black berries, on loose bunches; a 
good bearer, and useful as a late 
variety, for, if not forced, may be 
kept till the early crops are ripe 
in the next season. Syn. Black 
Palestine, Oldaker’s West’s Saint 
Peter’s. 
Sweetwater, White. Medium-sized, 
round, white berries on a stiff bunch, 
which seldom fills well, as the fruit 
does not generally set well, especially 
if the plants are old; is hardy enough 
for the open wall, but has a better 
flavour in the greenhouse. Syn. 
Dutch Sweetwater, Stillward’s Sweet¬ 
water, Chasselas Royale, and C. pre- 
coce. 
Syrian. Large, oval, white berries, on 
long bunches, sweet, but rather defi¬ 
cient in flavour. Its great size and 
keeping qualities recommend it. 
Tokay, Charlsworth. Large, oval, white, 
berries on compact bunches, rich 
muscat flavour; suitable for the 
vinery. 
Tokay, White. Like the last, except 
that it is a sweet grape, and is rather 
more hardy. 
White Cluster, Scotch. Rather length¬ 
ened, white berries, on compact 
bunches; very rich sweet flavour ; a 
variety that deserves more extended 
cultivation, as it is both hardy and 
early, therefore well suited for out¬ 
door culture. Syn. Blacksmith’s 
White Cluster. 
Lombardy, Black. Roundish, black ber¬ 
ries, on large handsome bunches; 
sweet rich flavour; and excellent 
variety for either the greenhouse or 
vinery. Syn. West’s Saint Peter’s, 
Money’s Saint Peter’s, Raisin des 
Carmes, Raisin de Cuba. 
HORSERADISH. Armoracia rus- 
ticanci (Pliny.) Nat. Ord. Cruciferee. 
This useful root is a native of Britain. 
It is extensively grown in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of London, especially at Ber¬ 
mondsey, where the light, rich, alluvial 
character of the soil allows of its pro¬ 
duction in a very superior manner. The 
ground in which it is to be grown should 
be trenched two feet deep in the au¬ 
tumn, and the strong crowns of thn old 
plants placed in the bottom of each 
trench; these should be cut to about a 
couple of inches in length, and the la¬ 
teral eyes carefully rubbed off, leaving 
only the centre one to form the future 
stick, as it is called. When crowns are 
scarce, any other part of the stick may 
be used, cut into similar lengths, but 
the former are to be preferred whenever 
they are obtainable; and in returning 
the soil over the sets, be careful to 
thoroughly reduce the lumps, and re¬ 
move all large stones, that nothing may 
interrupt the stem in its progress to the 
surface, or it will grow crooked, or, 
perhaps, separate into several shoots, 
which, of course, will spoil it for the 
required purpose. Horseradish should 
stand two years from planting before it 
is fit for use ; at the end of that, time 
one side of the bed may be opened 
down to the bottom of the trench, or 
lower, and, as the roots are required, 
particular care should be taken to clear 
every bit out of the soil, as a fresh plan¬ 
tation should be made annually; for no 
greater mistake can be made than to 
suppose that horseradish needs only 
