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Ghasselas. 



VITIS VINIFER A. EUROPE. 



LEAVES. Irregular, terminal lobe much developed^ 

 glabrous on both faces, margins generally 

 curled underneath, leaden colour, dull, 

 mottled yellow in autumn, never purple. 



Teeth blunt. 



Petiolar sinus, sides rejoining and almost 

 parallel. 



UPPER PORTION OF GROWING SHOOT. Bronzed, 

 very glossy, apex without tomentum. 

 Young leaves passing from a very bright 

 bronze colour to yellow, often mottled before 

 assuming the definitive colour. 



BERRIES. Always spherical. 



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The Chasselas are numerous ; they are essentially 

 characterized by the leaden colour of the leaves, the absence 

 of tomentum, and the bronze colour of the growing apex. 

 The varieties with white, golden, or feebly-coloured berries, 

 such as pink Chasselas of Po, for example, have leaves with 

 whitish-green veins, slightly v or not violet-coloured. The 

 varieties with violet berries, on the contrary, have leaves 

 with strongly violet-coloured veins. 



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