204 AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING 



dered, compact; berry roundish oblong, pale yellow, 

 below medium size, very delicate, sweet and juicy. 



SAUVIGNON VERTE. It is questionable if this is the 

 true name of this variety, but it has become so well es- 

 tablished tbat it seems fruitless to use any other. It is 

 supposed to be Pedro Ximenes, and is also known in some 

 sections as Colomhar and White Green Riesling, both 

 of which are erroneous. It is one of the most produc- 

 tive and hardy of all grapes, a strong grower, and as it 

 starts late, not much subject to frosts. These qualities 

 have made it one of the leading grapes, but its wine, 

 though agreeable and of fine flavor, is hard to handle and 

 keep, needing a blend with some other variety. Cluster 

 long, rather loose, shouldered ; berry medium, greenish- 

 yellow, very juicy and thin skinned, sweet and luscious 



These are the leading varieties of French origin which 

 seem to be more perfectly at home here than the Rhenish 

 varieties. There are many others, such as Roussanne, 

 Marsanne and Clairette Blanche, but they are not so well 

 known and esteemed. Of the Chasselas or Gutedel, we 

 have three varieties of prominence the Chasselas Fon- 

 tainebleau, known and cultivated as Gutedel in Germany, 

 a good and uniform bearer, making a very good, smooth 

 wine, but not of the highest character; the Chasselas 

 Violette or Koenigsgutedel, of which the foliage, and 

 even the berries take on a brown and violet tinge when 

 small, making a good wine and a great deal of it, as it is 

 a good and constant bearer ; the Victoria Chasselas or 

 Queen Victoria, a short, stocky grower, with immense 

 bunches, sometimes weighing six pounds each; berry 

 round, violet, juicy and fine flavored, making an excel- 

 lent wine which will improve with nge. While these 

 three varieties arc not of the highest excellence, they are 

 very useful and well deserve cultivation. 



RIESLING. Of else Rhenish type, making the most 

 famous wines of Germany, the most prominent is the 



