558 [ THE VINE. 



in several vineyards, owing to its heavy yield. The vine 

 is very vigorous and very productive, requiring half-long 

 pruning. The leaves are large, deep green, deeply 

 lobed, rather hairy 01 the lower surface. The bunches 

 are very large and long, winged, and usually very com- 

 pact. The berries are fairly large, oval and intensely 

 black, with a bluish bloom. The pulp is juicy, sweet and 

 slightly astringent. It is praised as a good wine grape. 



112. SOMARELLO or CoLORE. This vine is some- 

 times called Salamanna seuda or Seuda to Skallia or 

 Seuda irkika or Calabrisa irkika. It has been long cul- 

 tivated here and there in our vineyards but nowhere 

 extensively, and has been introduced again recently. The 

 vine is vigorous and very productive. Requires short or 

 half-long pruning, and ihrives best in dry and open 

 situations. The leaves are soft, five-lobed, with acute 

 segments, dull green and smooth on the upper surface, 

 slightly hairy on the lower surface, with a short reddish 

 leaf-stalk. The bunches are large, long, cylindrical, 

 rather loose. The berries are middling or small, round 

 or roundish, with a bright reddish black rind. The pulp 

 is somewhat firm, but soft, sweet and slightly aromatic. 

 This is a good wine grape, largely cultivated in Southern 

 Italy. 



113. TAL-LAHAM or ISUED TAL-LAHAM. This is a 

 seedling which originated at 1'Ghassari near Fiddien, where 

 it has been long cultivated under this curious name. The 

 vine is fairly vigorous and fairly productive requiring 

 half-long or long pruning. The leaves are small, with a 

 wide angle imperfectly 3 to 5 lobed, with acute mucro- 

 nate teeth, smooth on both surfaces, and with a slender 

 greenish leaf-stalk of variable length often tinted brown 

 pink along its lower half. The bunches are very large 

 and long, often irregular, winged, loose, but sometimes 

 compact, with a thin but tenacious stalk. The berries 

 are roundish or slightly oval, middling or small, brownish 



