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French vine Oillade blanche or Gross Clairette or Gallet 

 blanc of Southern France, the Ulliade bianco, of Italian 

 authors. It has been long cultivated at Dingli and Ra- 

 bato, and probably has been introduced during the rule 

 of the Order of St John. The vine is vigorous and very 

 productive, requiring long pruning. The leaves are 

 middling or small, pentagonal, light green, smooth on 

 both surfaces, or with a lew hairs at the angles of the 

 nerves on the lower surface, 3 to 5 lobed, with broad 

 short lobes. The leaf-stalk is very short and thin, green> 

 reddish at the base. The bunches are large pyramidal 

 or conical winged, rather compact. Berries roundish or 

 oval, middling, greenish yellow to brownish yellow, 

 marbled with rust. The rind is thin, aud the flesh is 

 soft and watery, sweetish, with a simple flavour. It is in 

 reality a table grape, but is also mixed with other grapes 

 for the press. 



41. INSOLJA GHAUDXIA or I. TA GHAUDEX. This 

 is probably the Italian San^inrlla bianca or Mangiatoria 

 or Sanciml/a< and is chiefly grown in Gozo, but is met 

 with also in the vineyards of Malta. The vine is very 

 vigorous and productive, requiring short or half-long 

 pruning. The leaves are large and broad, five-lobed, 

 acutely toothed, deep green and smooth on the upper 

 surface, very hairy along the nerves on the lower surface. 

 The bunches are large, irregular and compact. The 

 berries are large, oval or elliptical, long, with a thick 

 bright greenish yellow or rosy yellow rind The pulp is 

 rather firm and crisp, sweet, with a fine flavour. This 

 is an exclusively table sort, and in Southern Italy is 

 extensively grown for export 



42. INSOLJA HADRA. (It. Vermentino, Malvasia 

 jprossa). This is an excellent grape for white wines, but 

 is not much grown, although it is not a recent introduc- 

 tion. The vine is very vigorous, and fairly productive, 

 with spreading habit and long trailing shoots, requiring 



