212 j QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ava., 1901. 
Lyarly Vavrieties.—Sweetwater or Chasselas doré, B. Hamburg, F. de 
Lesseps, Blue Portugal. A dozen different grapes are called Sweetwater in 
Queensland ; the correct vine should answer to the following description :— 
Young leaves bronze green, adult leaves light green with a leaden hue, 
glabrous above and below, generally tri-lobed with shallow sinus, small blunt 
teeth, long footstalk ; bunch cylindrical-conical, compact or loose according to 
soils, not much shouldered, stalk longish, berry round, fleshy to soft according 
to soil, golden colour when ripe, touched with redness when caught by the sun, 
flavour very agreeable. Black Hamburg: Too well known to need description ; 
should be grown everywhere with ordinary care. I. de Lesseps is a hybrid 
American, small bunch, white grapes; excellent flavour, fair bearer, liable to 
anthracnose; long or short pruning. Blue Portugal, origin unknown, certainly 
not Portuguese; fair quality, good bearer, but very lable to anthracnose; can 
only be grown in very dry localities. Chasselas doré, B. Hamburg, and 
Lesseps recommended for coast districts. 
Medium and Late Varieties —Ille nomen legio est.— Black Prince, Muscat 
Hamburg, Muscat of Alexandria, Crystal, Royal Ascot, Mrs. Pince, Malaga, 
Calabrese, Moroeco Prince, Gros Colman, Doradillo, &c. Crystal, Malaga, 
and Doradillo very liable to anthracnose—the two former especially ; the latter 
is a valuable late white grape resisting wet; short pruned. Muscat Hamburg 
and Mrs. Pince are two excellent black muscats, free from disease and good for 
coast and northern districts, good croppers ; long and short pruning. Muscat 
of Alexandria, the king of table grapes, but cursed with the vice of non-setting ; 
this defect is getting more common from want of precautions in selecting 
canes for planting from good stocks. Notwithstanding all that may be said 
to the contrary, this and the Gordo Blanco are one and the same grape; the 
Muscat of Alexandria in Spain is called Gordo Blanco. The: difference in the 
shape of the bunch or berries is not a variation, as the Muscat of Alexandria 
will have, on the same bunch, round and oval berries and on the same 
vine, short and long bunches; the writer has frequently seen the same 
thing on the Gordo, which is supposed to be a different grape. The 
Muscat of Alexandria is extremely prolific and a vigorous grower, but 
is very liable to fungus diseases and is a bad setter. To combat this 
latter defect, drastic pinching, sulphuring at flowering time, ringing, &c., 
are resorted to, but at times without effect. Experiments will be 
made at the Westbrook Farm this year on this point, and results published ; 
both short and long pruning can be given. Black Prince: Too well known 
to need description ; lable to anthracnose and rot; would not do well on coast 
unless carefully looked after ; long and short pruning. Royal Ascot: Vigorous 
grower and good bearer; should do well on coast; long and short pruning. 
Morocco Prince: Nine times out of ten the Gros Colman is called Morocco 
Prince in Queensland, and the two vines are utterly unlike. Bunch of Morocco 
Prince is small and loose ; berry large, oval, fleshy and agreeable, colour reddish 
purple. Gros Colman is aforked bunch; berry large and round, colour dark- 
red, very liable to crack in wet weather. Both vines require short pruning, 
and should do well on the coast. There are many other varieties of merit, but 
to enumerate them all would outlast a Russian winter. All the above are of 
European origin, but there are, however, many varieties of American hybrids 
which should be mentioned. Although, generally speaking. the size of the 
bunch and quality of the berry of American varieties is inferior to that of 
Vinifera varieties, especially in the defect of the slimy pulp so frequently met 
with, yet their freedom from disease makes the Americans favourites all along 
the coast as far north as the vine is planted. The varieties to be recommended 
are:--Concord, bunch medium, berry round, colour black; Delaware, bunch 
small, berry round, colour red; Iona, bunch large, berry round, colour red; 
Goethe, bunch large, berry oval, colour amber ; Miles, bunch small, berry round, 
colour black ; Alvey, bunch small, berry round, colour black; Rulander, bunch 
-small, berry round, colour red. 
