APPLES.

BARON Ward. - Fruit below medium size, ovate. Skin smooth and shining, of a fine uniform deep yellow colour. Eye slightly open, and not much depressed. Stalk short. Flesh tender, crisp, juicy, and agreeably acid. January till May.

This is an excellent apple for ordinary purposes, but its small size is a great objection to it. It keeps well without shrivelling'.

Clissold's Seedling. See Lodgemore Nonpareil.

Duke op Devonshire. - Fruit medium sized, roundish-ovate. Skin of uniform lemon-yellow colour, with a dull red cheek; the surface veined with russet. Eye large and open, sot in wide and deep basin. Stalk very short. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, rich, and sugary, with a fine aroma.

An excellent dessert apple, in use from February till May.

Lodgemore Nonparell (Clissold's Seedling). - Fruit

about medium size, roundish. Skin deep yellow, dotted

with minute grey dots, and with a blush of red on one

side. Eye slightly closed, set in a shallow basin. Stalk

short, deeply inserted in the cavity. Flesh yellowish,

firm, crisp, juicy, and sugary, with a fine aroma.

A first -rate dessert apple, in use from February till the

beginning of June.

APRICOTS.

Canino Grosso. - This is a fine large apricot, ripening at the same time as Royal; remarkably robust in its habit of growth, and likely to prove a desirable sort; but it has not been sufficiently proved in this country to know what its real merits are.

Precoce de Wittemberg. - This is an early variety of the Peach Apricot, and as such is highly valuable. It ripens ten or twelve days before that variety, and is of the largest size.

GOOSEBERRIES.

Companion. - Large, roundish-oval. Skin hairy, of a pale red colour in the shade, and brownish-red next the sun. Flavour very rich and excellent.

This is one of the best gooseberries, combining size and flavour. Its greatest weight is 26 dwts. 8 grs.

Freedom. - Large and oval. Skin thin, smooth, greenish-white, with streaks of red on the side next the sun. Flavour sweet and good. Greatest weight 22 dwts. 22 grs.

Leader. - Large and round. Skin yellow, rather thick and smooth. Flavour excellent. Greatest weight 23 dwts. 20 grs.

Lion's Provider. - Large and oval. Skin rather thick, hairy, dark red, and somewhat transparent. Flavour Street and brisk. Greatest weight 25 dwts. 8 grs.

Wonderful. - Large and oval. Skin smooth, rather thin, transparent, ana deep red. Flavour rich. Greatest weight 28 dwts. 12 grs.

GRAPES.

BLACK MONUKKA. - Bunches very large, and well set;

ovate, and broadly shouldered. Berries of an oblong-ovate shape, like those of the Finger Grape, dark red or

nearly black, and set on long slender stalks, which are very brittle. Skin very thin, adhering so closely to the flesh as to be inseparable when the fruit is eaten. Flesh very firm and crisp, juicy, sweet, and nicely flavoured. The berries are stoneless.

This is a strong, vigorous-growing vine, and very productive.

DUC de Malakoff (Chasselas Duc de Malakoff). - This is a form of the Sweetwater, and in all respects so nearly resembles that variety that it is not worth Keeping distinct. From what I have seen of it, it sets as badly as the Sweetwater, and produces a bunch with a few large and a great many small berries.

Early Green Madeira (Vert Precoce de Madere). - Bunches of good size, cylindrical, slightly compact. Berries medium sized, oval. Skin of a green colour, which it retains till its perfect maturity, when it becomes a little clearer, but still preserving the green tinge. Flesh with a rich and sugary flavour.

This is one of the earliest grapes, and ripens in a cool vinery from the beginning to the middle of August. It will also succeed against a wall in the open air; but, of course, is not then so early. It bears considerable resemblance to the Verdelho, but is said to be earlier than that variety. I have not been able to examine the two growing under the same circumstances.

Ingram's HardyProlific MUSCAT. - Bunches long and tapering, not shouldered, from nine inches to a foot in length. Berries medium size, perfectly oval, and well set. Skin quite black, covered with blue bloom. Flesh moderately firm, juicy, sugary, and with a fine piquant and rich flavour, having a faint trace of Muscat.

This is an excellent hardy grape, and remarkably prolific. The wood is very short-jointed, and the vine succeeds well in a cool greenhouse. It has all the appearance of being a good out-door grape.

Jura Frontignan (Muscat Noir de Jura). - Bunches long and tapering, very slightly shouldered, and larger than those of Black Frontignan. Berries above medium size, oval, and well set. Skin deep purplish-black, covered with thin blue bloom. Flesh tender, very juicy, richly flavoured, and with a fine, but not powerful, Muscat aroma.

This is a valuable grape. The vine is a prolific bearer; ike wood short-jointed; and will be well adapted for growing in pots.

Mill-Hill Hamburgh. - Since the preceding portion of this work has passed through the press I have had new opportunities of examining the characters of this grape, and in addition to the distinction of foliage I find there are other differences to separate it from the Dutch Hamburgh than those mentioned at page 109. The Dutch Hamburgh has a firm, coarse flesh adhering to the skin; but that of the Mill-Hill is perfectly tender, and both in texture and flavour resembles the true Black Hamburgh, while the berries are as large and of the same shape as those of Dutch Hamburgh. It is a very fine variety, and perfectly distinct.

Muscat Citronelle. - Bunches small, and not shouldered. Berries below medium size, like those of Royal Muscadine, round. Skin thin, and somewhat transparent, white, and covered with thin bloom. Flesh very tender, juicy, and sweet, with a slight Muscat flavour. An early grape, ripening in a cool greenhouse in the middle of August.

Verdal. - Bunches long, loose, and tapering, not shouldered. Berries above medium size, oval, on long slender stalks. Skin thin, green, covered with thin bloom. Flesh tender, very juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured.

This is an excellent early grape, ripening in a cool vinery in the middle of August.

PLUMS.

Mitchelson's. - Fruit above medium size, oval, not marked with a suture on the side. Skin black when fully ripe, dotted with a few very minute fawn-coloured dots, and covered with a very thin blue bloom. Stalk half an inch long, stout, and inserted in a depression. Flesh yellow, tender, very juicy, sweet, and of good flavour, separating from the stone. Shoots smooth.

An excellent preserving plum. Ripe in the beginning of September. In general appearance it is like the Diamond, but smaller, and does not possess that very brisk acidity which characterises that variety. It is a prodigious bearer, the fruit being produced in clusters, and it is invaluable as a market plum.

OullEns' GAGE (Reine Clauded'Oullens; Reine Claude Precoce). - Fruit not so large as the Green Gage, but of the same shape When ripe the skin is of a rich yellow colour, dotted with crimson on the side exposed to the sun, and covered with a very delicate white bloom. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a rather wide depression. Flesh yellow, very tender and juicy, rich, sugary, and delicious, adhering slightly to the stone. Shoots smooth. Ripe in the middle of August.

This is a remarkably fine dessert plum, and valuable for its earliness. The tree has a robust pyramidal growth.

STRAWBERRIES.

Culverwell's Sanspareil. - Fruit long and tapering, rarely assuming any other shape; very much furrowed and irregular on its surface. Seeds not deeply embedded. Skin very dark red, becoming almost black when highly ripened. Flesh very firm and solid, red throughout, and very richly flavoured.

Frogmore Late Pine. - Fruit very large, conical, and cockscomb-shaped, with a glossy neck like the old Pine Seeds not deeply embedded. Skin glossy, bright red. becoming dark red and almost black when ripe. Flesh tender, and very juicy, red throughout, richly flavoured, and a good deal of the Pine aroma when well ripened.

This is a late variety, and an abundant bearer, coming in with the Elton, but much less acid that that variety.

Highland Mary. - Fruit above medium size, conical, and inclining to cockscomb shape. Skin dark red. Seeds small, not deeply embedded. Flesh white, rather hollow at the core, bristly and agreeably flavoured.

The plant is an abundant bearer.

Richard the Second. - This is an improved variety of Black Prince, to which it is similar in form and colour, but of a larger size. It is above medium size, and almost round; of a dark red colour, and almost black when highly ripened. Flesh pale scarlet, firm, but hollow round, the core.

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