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Journal of Agriciiltun 



[lo Oct.. 1910. 



from the town of Carinena, in Aragon ; in its native Spain it is cliiefly 

 known as Masuela. 



The suitability of tliese two varieties for Victorian viticulture merit 

 careful consideration. For the production of a very light Vin Ordinaire 

 they are pre-eminently suited, but, unfortunately, this is a beverage the 

 production of which has not yet been seriously undertaken here, and con- 

 cerning the demand which might arise for it, we are as yet almost entirely 

 in the dark. It is only the use of such heavy bearing sorts which can render 

 possible the selling of wine in bulk at prices which permit of its becoming 



an everyday Ijeverage, and not a 

 luxurv. .such as it is considered at 

 pre.sent in Australia. 



For the production of dry .red 

 export wines, these varieties are not 

 suited, especiallv Aramon. Even 

 Carignane, unmixed with other sorts, 

 does not produce a full bodied wine. 

 The noticeable difference between even 

 the fullest bodied Algerian wines 

 and our ex])nrt tv])e is marked, and is 



BUNXHES OF CARIGNANE. 

 (_)ne-third natural size. 



mainly dependent on the difference in the varieties grown. Nevertheless, 

 the blending in of a certain proportion of these heavy-bearing varieties, 

 especially of Carignane. could possibly be advantageously made at vintage 

 time, without too considerable an alteration in the type of wine made. 



There is another purpose for which these varieties would prove dis- 

 tinctly useful, and that is for reducing the gravity and increasing the 

 acidity of the musts of the sorts we are now in the habit of growing in 

 seasons when such may prove advantageous. 



After a dry summer, such as the last one, musts of high gravity are 

 common ; whole \-inevards cannot be vintaged in a week, and those grapes 



