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juicy, sweet, with hardly any aroma. It is a wine grape 

 of fairly good quality, and is also an attractive table 

 grape. 



101. NUCCELLATA. (lt.= Paradisd or Verdea, Ver- 

 dicchio bianco. Yr.~t)orde d' Italic}. This vine was for- 

 merly a favourite for pergolas in country houses, and is 

 still grown h^re and there in the vineyards as a good 

 table grape. It has a very vigorous and spreading habit, 

 with long stout canes, and requires half -long or long 

 pruning. The leaves are large, five-lobed with long 

 segments, slightly rugose and light green on the upper 

 surface, cottony on the lower surface. The bunch is 

 large, conical, long, rather loose. The berries are large, 

 roundish or slightly oval, with a thick rind, greenish 

 yellow, amber yellow on the sunny side. The pulp is 

 firm and crisp, but soft around the seeds, juicy, sweet 

 and delicately flavoured. Matures late and is a table 

 grape of excellent quality, suitable for ampelotherapeutic 

 treatment, and it is a pity that it has been supplanted by 

 less valuable sorts. 



102. NUCCELLATA HOXNA or ZAKK IN-NAGHGA HA- 

 DRA. (It= Verdone di Bari or Verdone di Siena). This 

 vine is very vigorous, with a straggling habit, requiring 

 half-long pruning. It is grown at Banria and Imtahleb 

 and also at Zebbieh and Imgiar, but is little in favour. 

 The leaves are usually light green, soft, trilobed, with 

 long lobes finely toothed, and with a short, thick, green 

 leaf-stalk. The bunches are fairly large, conical, always 

 with a small wing, compact or somewhat loose. The 

 berries are large or very large, round or irregular, very 

 uneven in size, yellowish green, with rusty spots and 

 black dots, and with a golden sheen on the sunny side 

 at perfect maturity. It is used as a table grape, but is 

 really a wine grape of fairly good quality. 



103. PASSULINA or PASSULINA SEUDA. (It. = Passe- 

 retta, Passolina, Cornito* E.= Black Corinth}. This 



