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their name has not undergone such profound changes as 

 to preclude their identification. 



In the following descriptive list of vines cultivated 

 in these Islands, each sort is described under its local 

 Maltese name, wherever there is such a name in general 

 usage, and in the case of imported sorts the name given 

 is that under v-'hich they have been imported or are 

 known, and where identification has been possible the 

 name is followed by its synonyms. 



1. AGLIANICO NERO, AGLIANICO, AGLIANICONE, 

 AGLIANO, ELLI:NICO, sometimes called in Maltese Isned 

 ta Napti or simply Isued tal Im^id. This vine, long 

 known and cultivated sparingly here and there, was 

 introduced again by Mr. Gollcher from Gragnano in the 

 neighbourhood of Naples. It is largely grown all over 

 Southern Italy for the production of the "Aglianico" 

 table wine. \ he vine is fairly vigorous and fairly pro- 

 ductive, requiring short or half-long pruning. The leaves 

 are small grass-green, soft, smooth on the upper surface, 

 cottony on .the lower surface, indistinctly lobed, with 

 a short thin and green leaf-stalk. 1 he bunches are 

 middling, conical, long, and loose. The berries are 

 middling, round, bluish black, heavily covered with 

 bloom, with a thick rind. The pulp is fleshy, juicy, 

 without flavour and somewhat acid or astringent. 

 Should be mixed with white grapes in about equal 

 proportions, otherwise the wine will be too rough and 

 dry. 



2. ALICANTE HENRI BOUSCHET. This is a cross 

 obtained by Henri Bouschet in 1885 fr m Alicante or 

 Grenache and Petit Bouschet. It was introduced in the 

 vineyards at Xaghra (Gozo) by a local vine-grower 

 Lazzaro Attard about 1908 The vine is vigorous and 

 productive, to be grown on dry and stony lands, and 

 requires half-long pruning. The leaves are middling, 

 shaded reddish on the upper surface, and very hairy on 



