The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . coloured—some were notquite ripe. This variety was shown in all-roundbetter condition at the Crystal Palace the previousweek, so also was Black Hamburgh, as a first-rate examples of Lady Downes Seedlingwere shown, the bunches being of large size andwell finished—in some few instances a more liberalthinning would have improved them, as well asadding to their better keeping qualities. Mrs. Pince,mostly a fickle variety, was in a few instances shownwell, being even better coloured than usual—i
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . coloured—some were notquite ripe. This variety was shown in all-roundbetter condition at the Crystal Palace the previousweek, so also was Black Hamburgh, as a first-rate examples of Lady Downes Seedlingwere shown, the bunches being of large size andwell finished—in some few instances a more liberalthinning would have improved them, as well asadding to their better keeping qualities. Mrs. Pince,mostly a fickle variety, was in a few instances shownwell, being even better coloured than usual—in onecase the berries were very fine, but the colour notgood ; this variety, like the Muscat Hamburgh,does not evidently find general favour, evenwith the northern growers. A few largeclusters of Gros Guillaume of excellent colour,and with large berries, were shown. If, however,it is compared with other late Grapes, it is sur-passed for utility and for flavour also. On the exhi-bition board it looks well when staged, as in a fewinstances on this occasion; it is, however, but a show. FlO. 47.—ABIES WEBBIANA. VOUNG FEMALE CONE: RICH PDHPLE LEAVES, SILVERY-WHITE BENEATH. mended for extended culture in any case. 1 waspleased to see such good examples of GoldenHamburgh, the best being very fine of the kind,both in berry and colour, the bunches also muchmore compact than this Grape is usually Grape does not appear to be so much grownnow. Buckland Sweetwater has no doubt in agreat measure taken its place. The examples of thislatter Grape, however, were not so good as those ofthe Golden Hamburgh. The Buckland is, I con-sider, better grown as a second early kind when ithas a chance of being used sooner; if kept too longthere is a loss of flavour, and it is not mnch betterthan a bag of water. In this respect the preferencemust be given to the first-named kind. Some fewwell-coloured and in other respects capital bunchesof Raisin de Calabre were staged, this Grape must, i
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