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wine, requiring the addition of other white grapes to give 

 body to the produce. 



95. NEBBIETA TA UIED HAZRUN. This vine is a 

 seedling which originated at Died Hazrun near Imtahleb, 

 and is now cultivated in that valley and also at Fiddien. 

 The plant is very vigorous and very productive, with a 

 spreading habit, requiring half-long or long pruning. 

 The leaves are large, very broad, rounded or almost 

 kidney-shaped, with a wide angle, thin but very tough, 

 perfectly smooth on both surfaces, imperfectly 3 to 5 

 lobed, doubly toothed, with acute mucronate teeth tipped 

 yellow, and often with a tooth in each of the angles on 

 both sides of the central lobe. The leaf-stalk is very 

 short, of a lively pink. The bunches are very large and 

 long, usually doubly winged, always shanked, with a 

 thick reddish stalk. The berries are very large, elliptical, 

 with few undersized berries, all of the same shape. The 

 colour is greenish pink to violet red, with little bloom. 

 The rind is thin and tough, adherent to the pulp, which 

 is light pink or greenish pink, rather firm, juicy, sweet, 

 with a good flavour. This is a beautiful table grape of 

 good quality and keeps well. The bunch has often the 

 appearance of that of Pergolese (Mignuna tauualia tal 

 Cannizzati], but is much larger, more shanked, with 

 larger and longer berries, of a lighter colour. 



96. NEBBIETA TA UIED LIEMU. (Seedling of Liemu 

 Valley). This is a chance seedling which originated 

 recently in the Liemu Valley, not far from Rabato. The 

 vine is very vigorous and very productive, requiring half- 

 long or long pruning. Thrives well on clayey soils. The 

 leaves are large, rounded, with a narrow angular aper- 

 ture, five-lobed, with broad short lobes and narrow 

 angles, and broad teeth tipped yellow or brown. They 

 are light green and rugose on the upper surface, very 

 cottony on the lower surface, with a short leaf-stalk, 

 more or less dark pink, about half the length of the 



