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middling, round or trilobed, with acute or mucronate 

 teeth, deep green and rugose on the lower surface, and 

 hairy on the lower surface, with a short and dark pink 

 leaf-stalk. 'I he bunches are large, winged, conical, 

 fairly compact, with a slender yellowish stalk. The 

 berries are middling, round, bluish black with a heavy 

 bloom, strongly adherent to the stalk. The rind is very 

 thick and tough, and the flesh is firm, juicy, fairly sweet, 

 slightly astringent, with a simple flavour. It is a wine 

 grape of the same type as the Moretto or Lambrusca of 

 Italy, and produces a rough wine highly coloured. 



no. SERKUZAN TAL IBJAR or SIRACUSAN TAL IBJAR. 

 This name is given to a vine cultivated sparingly in the 

 neighbourhood of Dingli and is doubtless of local origin. 

 It has nothing to do with ^erknzan or C atabrese which is 

 a vine grape now grown extensively in various districts. 

 It is probably a round berried form of Mignuna tuila tal 

 Cannizzati or Peroolese. The vine is very vigorous and 

 very productive, with a spreading habit, and requires 

 long pruning. The leaves are broad, deeply lobed, 

 acutely toothed, smooth on both surfaces, or with a few 

 hairs along the nerves on the lower surface, and with a 

 long slender reddish leaf-stalk. The bunches are large, 

 long and conical, often winged, rather loose, but not 

 shanked. The berries are middling, round, slightly de- 

 pressed at the pistill end, with a thin rind firmly adherent 

 to the flesh which is green and firm, juicy, with a simple 

 flavour. The colour ot the berry is generally dark violet 

 red, with little bloom, but may be pink or greenish pink, 

 with some small seedless berries which remain unripe. It 

 is a table grape of middling quality, and has nothing to 

 recommend it. 



in. SEUDA T\L MOHA or ISUED TAT, MOHA. This 

 is a recent seedling which originated in a field at Naclur 

 belonging to a man nicknamed Moha, and fruited for the 



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first time about 15 years ago. It was soon propagated 



