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Upon the mountains of Greece, the coarse sort of wheat called 

 Vlaccostari sown on newly cleared grounds, well manured with the 

 ashes of the plants that grew thereon, produces from twelve to 

 twenty tor one. But the greatest produce that I liave heard of 

 was an instance of wheat sown in the marshes of Topolias (Copais) 

 in Boeotia, when the waters had retired after a similar manuring 

 with the ashes of aquatic plants. These results however only shew 

 what the productiveness of wheat may be under some very singular 

 circumstances, and are by no means to be taken into general account. 

 Upon the whole, therefore, I am disposed to estimate the produce 

 of good soils in Greece, in favorable seasons at from ten to twelve 

 for one, and in the very best soils, and remarkably favorable years 

 at from fifteen to eighteen for one. It must be observed that the 

 wheat in Greece is generally sown in unmanured ground. 



ON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF VINE CULTIVATED IN ZANTE. 



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ViTis vinifera, Ayoua-Tiocn^g or fAxvpoSx^pviij, of a black colour, much 

 esteemed for the table, and makes the best wine ; is cultivated in a 

 dry soil. 



2. Philaro, the fruit large, of a pale red colour, frequently of a 

 musky smell ; cultivated in the richer and moister soils of the plain. 



3. Agoustolidi, a small white grape which ripens in August, and 

 makes a sweet wine. 



4. Asprorompola, La Malvasia of Venice, a yellowish white grape, 

 larger than the Agoustolidi ; as the plant advances in age, the fruit 

 becomes smaller, when it is much esteemed for the Xixvofuyi wine, so 

 called from x<«kjV stnal/, and fuyx. 



