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AMERICAN VINES. 



Fig. 92. Leaf of Othello. 



obtained by cultivating Othello. This cepage possesses, 

 however, great fertility, yields of 900 gallons of wine per 

 acre have been obtained in certain rich soils; moreover, 

 its maturity is precocious, which renders its culture possible 

 in the most northern vine-growing countries. But the wines 

 made from Othello, as all those made of other American 

 direct-producers actually known, are inferior to the most 

 ordinary wines made from European cepages. They always 

 retain, the Othello particularly, a foxy after-taste, so much 

 the more pronounced as the wine originates from a warmer 

 climate. In northern regions the foxy taste attenuates 

 rapidly, and may even disappear after a few rackings. 



