We have much pleasure in being able to give an illustration of the very remarkable bunch of Black Hamburg Grapes which Mr Hunter, gardener to the Earl of Durham at Lambton Castle, exhibited at the Manchester International Exhibition last September. It may be considered the most extraordinary bunch of Grapes for size that has been produced in this country, not excepting Speechly's 20 lb. Syrian, and those immense Syrians of more recent date produced at the Edinburgh and Glasgow Internationals. We learn from Mr Hunter that this bunch is the product of a Vine struck from an eye in 1869. The Vine was cropped the second year and carried six bunches, one of which was among those with which Mr H. competed successfully at Glasgow last year. This year the Vine bore seven bunches besides the subject of our illustration, which weighed 13 lb. 4 oz., the lightest of the eight being over 4 lb. Our illustration is taken from a photograph, and is an exact representation of the remarkable bunch.

Fig. 17. - THE LAMBTON BUNCH OF GRAPES.