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The Florist, fruitist, and garden miscellany
The Florist fruitist and garden miscellany Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 33 RAPE. i , :y, Esq., t i-i '. valuable nmediate looms of i Sweet- question, inch and k it is of 3 berries . A so well need not " i ... more ». 'In !' . -, . oderately 1 . '.it- :,!; so than i. . 'i t in ' '.s respect j. .- : : M .s a very , and we . ' i i'iy ;. -ii bunch, excellent .:'Gr.--. '.' . . iscadine, ing with i ' regards 1 :.|j; pe equal Busby's : he has ..- seeking -.' . . .. ' alks are Hi- -.i . u ..' ; is very :: % "!''.' : .' ! ' succeed ; ' - ', !. ii'iist ret.-r our i-iders to . i- ; --iMci-t ;! ;i-''it!..r Mge of our THE STOCKWOOD GOLDEN HAMBURGH GRAPE. (plate 110.) We are indebted to Mr. Busby, gardener to J. Crawley, Esq., Stockwood Park, Beds, for having raised from seed this valuable acquisition to our .list of really useful Grapes. Its immediate parent, we understand, was the Black Hamburgh, some blooms of which Mr. Busby fertilised with pollen from the Dutch Sweet- water, and the result produced has been the hybrid in question, which approximates to the Hamburgh both in size of bunch and shape, and also in size of berry, but instead of being black it is of a white colour, which merges into a rich amber as the berries attain full maturity. Our plate, by Mr. Andrews, so well represents the appearance of Mr. Busby's Grape that we need not more particularly notice it in this respect. The tiesh is moderately firm, with a cool refreshing juice, slightly vinous, more so than either the Sweetwater or the Muscadine, but in this respect inferior to the Hamburgh. As our plate attests, it is a very handsome showy Grape as regards both bunch and berry, and we are informed that it sets freely, forming a well filled up bunch, and that the Vine has a vigorous habit of growthtwo excellent ...« less