128 Notes on the Culture of the Vine, 



1. M. quercifolia. Hairy Oak-leaved. 



Leaves, oblong, bluntly notched, younger branches downy. 



5. M. cordifolia, Heart leaved. 



Leaves somewhat heart-shaped, serrated, sessile, and 

 partially imbricated. 



N.B. Nos. 2, 3, and 4, are the species which produce the 

 most Wax, and are generally found in sandy fields. 



Nos. 1 and 5, are found midway up the Cape Mountains, 

 and not unfrequently on the lower regions also with the other 

 species. 



There are three other species met with in the colony, 

 though by some Botanists they are only considered as varieties 

 of the former. 



Notes on the Culture of the Vine, and on the Making of 

 Wine. By Daniel Cloete, Esq. Member of the South 

 African Institution. 



Communicated by the Wine Committee* 



I. The mode pursued in the culture of the Vine in this co- 

 lony, is perhaps better calculated for the exposed situations of 

 most of the vineyards, and the violent storms of wind to 

 which we are subject, than the system of training the vines on 

 espaliers, as at Madeira, by which there is, moreover, a mani- 

 fest waste of labor, without any improvement in the quality 

 of the grape, which certainly in this colony is not inferior to 

 that of Madeira. How far manuring vineyards may be con- 

 sidered essential in this colony, 1 cannot venture an opinion, 

 but it is not a custom pursued at Madeira, from an idea that 

 it increases the quantity but affects the quality of the wines. 



2. Greater attention ought, in this colony, to be paid to 

 the selection of grapes destined for the press, in order rather 

 that wines of two qualities should be obtained, namely, a su- 

 perior and inferior sort; than one mass of comparatively in- 

 different wine. 



3. At Madeira, the grapes upon having obtained a proper 

 degree of maturity, are cut and thrown into the receiving ves- 

 sels for the purpose of being trodden, as long as any juice can 

 be expressed from them, when the stalks and husks are collected 



* Along: with Mr. Ci.oete's communication is the following extract from 

 the Minutes of a Meeting of the Committee, held on the 10th February, 

 1830, and signed Francis 4 OLLISON, Secretary: 



"Resolved, That the members present are sensible of the value of .Mr. 

 CLOETE's Treatise to the Public, and that the Secretary he requested to 

 convey the thanks of the Committee, for the communication. 



"Resolved, That the same be forwarded to the South African Institution, 

 for insertion in the Quarterly Journal." 



