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and moderate expansion, having short canes of an ashy 

 greyish brown, with short internodes and prominent cot- 

 tony buds. It is fairly productive, and requires short or 

 half- long pruning and a sunny and dry situation. The 

 leaves are large and broad, rather downy on the lower 

 surface, with a thick leaf stalk. The bunches are very 

 large, broadly conical and winged, compact or somewhat 

 loose. The berries are very large, round, or compressed 

 where they touch each other, with a thick rind, light 

 greenish yellow to amber, with abundant bloom, and 

 often blotched with rust .or dotted on the sunny side. The 

 pulp is very firm and crisp, juicy, sweet and aromatic, 

 with small seeds. It is an excellent table grape, maturing 

 early and fairly long keeping, and is also mixed with 

 other grapes for the press. 



82. MIGNUNA SEUDA. (Frcinkenthal, Black Ham- 

 burgh, Nero di Italia, Rot her Maitheser). This is a well 

 known vine cultivated on pergolas and in the vineyard, 

 and is a beautiful table grape of fairly good quality. The 

 vine is vigorous, often with fasciated twigs, and is a 

 regular bearer. The leaves are large, trilobed, thick, of 

 a light green colour, with a rugose upper surface, the 

 lower surface being greenish white and almost smooth, 

 with a long green leaf-stalk, streaked with purple. The 

 bunches are large, winged, irregular, compact. The ber- 

 ries are large or very large, round or sometimes roundish, 

 with a thin rind which is coloured reddish, usually turn- 

 ing to dark violet purple, but often remaining partly 

 green towards the stalk. The pulp is fleshy, firm, 

 watery, sweet, with a faint flavour. The subvariety 

 known as Mignuna tal Lixx or f)ieija tal Lixx from the 

 nickname of the grower, is a chance seedling raised re- 

 cently in a garden at Rabato (Notabile), producing 

 bunches like those just described but with finer and larger 

 berries more deeply coloured, and is very productive. 

 Both are magnificent table grapes, deservedly popular. 



