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Hamburgh  in  favour  of  very  ordinary  bunches  of  Muscat,  simply 
because  they  were  Muscats.  This  I  would  never  agree  to,  and  I  must 
always  protest  against  such  a  decision.  When  two  or  more  varieties  of 
r early  equal  merit  are  in  c>mpetition  the  judges  should  know  wbat 
What  is  grown  as  Canon  Hall  Muscat  at  the  present  day  is  a  very 
distinct  variety,  but  it  is  not  Canon  Hall,  which  has  a  long  shoulderless 
bunch  of  perfectly  round  berries  and  is  a  very  bad  variety  to  set.  I  have 
frequently  seen  bunches  of  it  15  to  18  inches  long  with  only  a  few  berries 
FIG,  24. — HEPATICA  ANGULOSA, 
constitutes  perfection  in  each,  and  should  give  their  highest  a\Vafrd  to 
the  exhibit  which  is  the  nearest  to  perfection,  whether  it  be  Black 
Hamburgh,  Muscat  of  Alexandria,  Duke  of  Buccleuch,  or  Madresfield 
Court, 
at  each  end,  and  the  only  perfect  pair  of  bunches  I  remember  were 
shown  at  the  Regent’s  Park  about  1808  by  Mr.  Drewitt  of  The  Denbies, 
Dorking.  There  was  a  Vine  of  it  at  Elvaston  Castle  a  few  years  ago, 
but  I  cannot  say  if  Mr.  Goodacre  still  grows  it.  The  variety  grown 
