Fruit Garden

The Hailes Plum is a seedling of excellent quali ties, which has lately been raised at Hailes, near Edinburgh, by Mr Clephane, gardener there. The foliage of the tree is remarkably light-coloured ; the fruit is yellowish-white, juicy, and has a good deal a the rich flavour of the greengage.

CHERRIES.

To Mr Knight we. are indebted for four new or seedling cherries, all of which are either good or highly promising-1. The Elton is the pro duction of a blossom of the graifion, to which the pollen of the white heart had been applied. This va riety is distinguished by a deep tinge of crimson on the petals, and by the great length of the fruit-stalks. The pulp is very juicy, and has a delicate flavour. 2. The Black Eagle was from the grainon and the May-duke. Both tree and fruit bear a considerable resemblance to the May.duke.-5. The Waterloo (so named from the circumstance of the fruit having first ripened about the time of the celebrated battle) had the same origin. The fruit is somewhat later in ripening than the black eagle, and is rather larger and more conical at the point. It is nearly as hardy as the May-duke, and has been observed to attain tolerable perfection even in cloudy and rainy wea ther. When ripe, it is of a deep red colour, almost black.-4. The Early Black had also the same ori. gin,and is nearly allied to the immediately preceding, from which it is most easily distinguished, by having I a shorter fruit-stalk. It ripens fully a week before the May.duke, and is therefore one of the very ear nest cherries. The pulp is soft and sweet, but not very juicy nor rich. As the original tree, however, is still very young, the fruit will in all probability im . prove in the qualities of juiciness and flavour.

Grapes.- GRAPES.—For one of the best new grapes, the . . Variegated Chasselas, we are likewise indebted to the indefatigable Mr Knight. He procured it, by bringing the pollen of the Aleppo grape to a flower of the White Chasselas. The berries are striped and beautiful, have a thin skin, and are very juicy. The • vine has been found to be very hardy, and constant • ly productive, bearing good crops on the open wall . in England. The bunches gathered in October, and hung up in rather a damp room, may be kept till Fe . bruary or later.—The Pitmaiton White Cluster was raised, as intimated in the name, by Mr Williams, who has already been mentioned as a very active and intelligent amateur horticulturist, in the West of England. It sprang from a seed of the Anverna, or small black cluster, the variety which is common on cottage-walls near London. The berry is round ;

when ripe, of an amber colour, bronzed with russet on the one side. The leaf is thin, and of a dark green colour. The vine is hardy, and a copious bearer. The berries are crowded, like those of the black cluster ; but the bunches are larger, and ripen more early. It comes to perfection on the open wall in England. As it is early, and the berries are not apt to crack, it is well suited also for forcing.— The Esperione is not a new grape, but it has only of late come into particular notice. The vine is hardy, of luxuriant growth, and bears large craps: it per fects its fruit on the open wall near London, equally well as the sweet-water or white muscadine. In deed, Mr Aiton, of the Royal Gardens at Windsor, mentions that, in unfavourable seasons, it has a de cided advantage over these varieties, in being less retarded or affected by the state of the weather. It may, therefore, prove an acquisition in the northern parts of Britain. The bunches are large, and shoul dered not unlike those of the black Hamburgh. The berries are of a fine dark colour, with a bluish fari na; the pulp adheres to the skin ; though neither highly flavoured nor melting, it is very pleasant.

GOOSEBERRIRS.—Great attention has been paid, for a number of years past, to the raising of new and improved varieties of the Gooseberry. This being a branch of experimental horticulture fortunately with in the reach of almost every man, it is pleasant to observe, that it has been practised especially by the cultivators of Lancashire, many of whom are work men having small gardens for their recreation. For size, in particular, the gooseberries of Lancashire excel all others ; insomuch that foreigners, at first sight, generally regard them as belonging to the plum tribe. To enumerate even the principal va rieties seems unnecessary; numbers are constantly rising into some degree of notice, while others, of temporary celebrity, are losing ground. Among the red, the old ironmonger, the red Champagne, the Warrington, and the captain, are at present held i,n high esteem. Wilmots early red likewise deserves particular mention : it. is very early ripe, and of ex cellent flavour ; in May, it is better for tarts and sauces than most others, being larger, and the skin not being tough, but melting down with 'the rest of the berry. The bush-is easily cultivated; and is very productive.