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fine bloom, straw-coloured at perfect maturity, often 

 dotted with rust on the sunny side. The pulp is soft and 

 watery, sweet and delicately fla\oured. It is a table 

 grape, but is also mixed with other grapes and made 

 into wine. 



64. INSOLJA TAN-NADUR, locally known by the 

 name of Insolja tat-7icciu. This is the Albana bianca 

 of Syracuse, and has a vigorous habit with long canes, 

 suitable for pergolas, requiring half-long or long pruning. 

 The leaves are large rugose and blistered, deep green, 

 five-lobed, with short lobes, very cottony on the lower 

 surface, and with a short thick green leaf-stalk. The 

 bunch is fairly large, with a short thick stalk, conical and 

 winged, rather loose or even shanked. The berries are 

 large, oval, golden yellow at full maturity, with a thick 

 rind and a fleshy pulp of good flavour. It is a fairly 

 good table grape. 



65. INSOLJA TA SKALLIA. (l\.. = Inzolia, Insolia 

 imperial*, I. di Candia, I. bianco). This is an ancient 

 vine and is extensively grown in Sicily and Calabria as 

 well as in the East. In these Islands it is met with in 

 most places but is nowhere common and never grown 

 in specialized vineyards. It is a good table grape, but is 

 especially an excellent wine grape, very recommendable 

 on account of its vigorous habit, fair production, and the 

 good wine produced from it. Requires half-long pruning. 

 The leaves are deeply cut and five-lobed, light green 

 and smooth on the upper surface, slightly hairy on the 

 under surface, with a slender reddish brown leaf-stalk. 

 The bunches are large, long and broad, winged and 

 more or less shanked. The berries are oblong or ellipti- 

 cal with a thick rind well covered with bloom, of a pale 

 yellow or golden yellow colour. The pulp is firm but 

 juicy and sugary. 



66. INSOLJA TORCA or INSOLJA TAZ-ZBIB, sometimes 

 called Insolja ta Gernsalem by mistake. (lt. = 



