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and strong stalk. The berries are oval or elliptical, 

 greenish yellow or even golden yellow, spotted rust on 

 the sunny side. The pulp is firm but juicy, sweet and 

 slightly acidulous. This grape is usually consumed here 

 as a table grape, but is an excellent wine grape, largely 

 grown in France for the manufacture of cognac. 



80. MlGNUNA BAJDA TAL CANNIZZATI, Sometimes 



miscalled Catlana. (lt.= Luglienga, Lugliatica, Luglia- 

 tica bianca, Lignan bianco, Agiiana. *.= Madeleine 

 blanche or Joanin charnu). This vine is very vigorous, 

 with a spreading habit, and is well productive. Should 

 be primed long or half-long. The leaves are middling, 

 bright green, 3 to 5 lobed with acute segments, some- 

 what cottony on the under surface, with a long and thick 

 leaf-stalk. The bunches are large, irregular, winged and 

 compact. The berries are roundish or ovate, with the 

 thicker end close to the stalk, greenish yellow, transpa- 

 rent, with a golden sheen, and a thin delicate rind 

 adherent to the pulp. The flesh is firm and somewhat 

 crisp, softer in the centre, sweet and well perfumed. 

 Matures in July and August, and is an excellent table 

 grape formerly much planted for pergolas, and still in 

 favour although rather too liable to attacks of oidium and 

 downy mildew, 



8 1. MIGNUNA BAJDA TAR- RABAT. This ancient vine 

 is in all probability a local seedling. The bunch and grape 

 are very much like those of the Sardinian Albumamm 

 or Bianco grande but the foliage, habit and vegetation 

 are quite distinct. There is also some resemblance to 

 the Verdicchio bianco or Verdone bianco of Bologna and 

 Central Italy, but both the bunch and the berry are 

 larger, and the pulp is firmer. The name mignuna bajda 

 is given to other types of white grapes, but in the district 

 of Rabat (Malta) where this vine is more frequently met 

 with, the name is generally applied exclusively to this 

 variety. The vine is fairly vigorous, with a bushy habit 



