11 Dec, 1916.] 



I'ortuguest Witie Varieties. 



737 



It may be pruned sliort, or according to the Guyot system, with short 

 rods; if pruned too long it soon exhausts itself and ceases to produce 

 abundantly. It does very well grafted on Du Lot. It suffers little from 

 Oidium, comes into leaf early, the fruit turns colour very early in the 

 auturnn, and ripens early; but, like Chasselas, the grapes hang well on 

 the vine.f 



Fig. 20.— Bunches of Tinta Carvalha. 

 Uepriducpfl from O Portu<jal vinicola. Nearly one-linlf natural size. 



Tinta Amarella. 



Tliifl is aiiotlirr nf the ''quantity" varieties ol" ihc Alto Douro, and 

 oni^ concerning wliich I ho earlier writers soiMuod to Imvo formed a liighor 

 opinion lluin ])resent day authorities. 



t PartlciilarH tnkon from the article by Br. Duarto de Ollvoiro, in Ampeloqraphie. 

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