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 were uniformly disappointed by the effects of blight on the fruit of every variety, with the exception of one, so indifferent in its quality, as almost to have escaped his notice; but from which alone, he was at length, after the repeated failures of the others, reduced to hope for any degree of success.

The varieties, to which those who have experienced the failure of the others in New South Wales, are now confining their attention, are supposed to be the Miller's Burgundy (the meunier of the French) and the claret grape, and another nearly similar to it, which some suppose to be the same, and others to be the ramonat, the grape which produces port wine. To have acquired and naturalized these to the climate of New South Wales, is an important point gained, and reflects honour upon those gentlemen to whom the colony is indebted for them; but several years of experience are still wanting, to ascertain to what extent they retain their valuable properties, and though these in their highest degree, should be preserved, it should still only act as a stimulus to add to their number, by the introduction of a greater number of varieties. It might also be worth while to ascertain how far a different treatment might avail, in preserving from blight those varieties subject