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berries are large, oval or elliptical, waxy yellow, well 

 covered with bloom. The pulp is rather firm and fleshy, 

 juicy, very sugary, with a pleasant muscat flavour. This 

 is an ideal table grape, of fairly good keeping qualities. 



107. SARDINISA or CANJAU. (lt.= Ca'nonao or Giro). 

 This is a celebrated Sardinian vine, good for the produc- 

 tion of table grapes as well as of fine dessert wines. It 

 is met with in the vineyards of Melleha, Bahria, Burnah- 

 hala and Imtahleb, but it does not appear to be sufficent- 

 ly productive. The vine is fairly vigorous, and requires 

 short or half-long pruning. The leaves are large, deep 

 green, trilobed, hairy or cottony on the under surface. 

 The bunches are conical and fairly compact. The berries 

 are middling, round or roundish, reddish violet or violet 

 black, with a slight bloom. The pulp is soft juicy and 

 sugary, with a fine aroma. 



1 08. SERKUSAN or SIRACUSAN, now often called CA- 

 LABRIS. (\\.. Calabrese, Calibrese nera, Calabrese d* A- 

 vola). This vine is vigorous, but has a dwarf habit and 

 requires rather short pruning. The leaf is small thin 

 and soft, five-lobed, dark green on the upper surface, 

 whitish 'green with much cobweb on the lower surface, 

 and has a slender green petiole. The bunch is conical, 

 usually winged and much shanked. The berries are of 

 medium size or small, oval, elongated, with a thick and 

 tough rind, dark purplish almost black, with an abundant 

 greyish bloom. The pulp is soft, fairly sweet. It is a 

 good wine grape, though not very productive, producing 

 robust- wines, deeply coloured, and of good keeping 

 quality. It has been long grown and cultivated in the 

 Island, and was re-introduced again from Sicily in 1919 

 by Fra Salvatore Astuto and others. 



109. SFRKUSANA TA GNIEN FIBRES. This vine has 

 been long grown at Gnien Fieres and is a local variety, 

 notwithstanding its name. It is very vigorous and very 

 productive, requiring half-L;ng pruning. It leaves are 



