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are very long and usually shanked, rarely winged, with 

 a long thick green peduncle. The berries are oval 

 and elongated, shaped like an olive, well covered with 

 bloom, of an ashy white colour, passing to pale yellow. 

 The pulp is fleshy and thick, fairly sweet, with a faint 

 aroma. It is a table grape of very good keeping 

 qualities, and probably our Insolja tal Ghirghenti is a 

 chance seedling of this variety. 



60. INSOLJA TA GNIEN FIERES. This vine origin- 

 ated at Gnien Fieres (Rabato) and is a splendid table 

 grape of good keeping qualities. The plant is vigorous 

 and very productive, requiring half-long or long pruning. 

 The leaves are middling or small, slightly divided into 

 3 or 5 lobes, doubly toothed, light green and smooth on 

 both surfaces with a very short slender white leaf-stalk, 

 vinous red for its lower half close to the stem. The 

 bunches are very large, often winged, conical and long, 

 loose but not shanked. The berries are very large, oval, 

 without admixture of small ones, greenish yellow to waxy 

 yellow, well covered with bloom, shaded gold and 

 marbled rust towards the sun. The flesh is rather firm, 

 but juicy, sweet, with a delicate flavour. It is an excel- 

 lent table grape, and is also mixed with other grapes for 

 the press. 



61. INSOLJA TAL GHASSARI. This vine is cultivated 

 at Ghassari (Fiddien) and is a recent local seedling, 

 which fruited for the first time toward 1895. The leaves 

 are middling, round, hardly lobed, with a close angle, 

 and small obtuse teeth, light green and blistered or 

 rugose on the upper surface, with only a few hairs at the 

 angles of the nerves on the lower surface, and with a 

 short reddish leaf-stalk. The bunches are large or very 

 large, winged, pyramidal or irregular, loose, with a thick 

 greenish stalk. The berries are middling, round, roundish 

 or slightly oval, greenish yellow to golden yellow on the 

 sunny side, with a good bloom, and with many small 



