140 GRAPE CULTURE AND 



The origin of this grape is somewhat doubtful, but not its 

 great value as a wine grape. I received it from Mr. 

 Groezinger, under the name of Green Hungarian, have seen 

 it bear for four consecutive seasons, and think it a model 

 vine in every respect. Immensely productive, a short and 

 stocky, but vigorous grower, splendid foliage, and easy to 

 handle, it " fills the bill " more completely than any other 

 grape I know. Its wine comes nearer to the Riesling type 

 than the Sauterne, is sprightly, high flavored, greenish yel- 

 low, and with the pleasant piquant acidity of the Riesling, 

 while it will bear three times as much. 



Wood grayish brown, short jointed, vigorous. Young, 

 growth stocky, green with brownish veins, furrowed. Leaf 

 heart shaped, but slightly lobed, sharply but irregularly ser- 

 rated, full as broad as long, light green above, pale green 

 below, covered with fine hairs, young points gray and tomen- 

 tose or wooly, tendrils rather thin, with only one fork. 

 Bunch long and heavy, sometimes weighing three pounds, 

 shouldered, compact, with a stout but rather short stem ; the 

 shoulder often nearly as heavy and long as the main bunch, 

 which last often has a double point. Berry small, round, 

 but often pressed out of shape, as they are so close on the 

 bunch, greenish yellow, covered with white bloom, moder- 

 ately juicy, very spicy and agreeable. Ripens here about 

 last of September. 



I have been thus minute in describing it, as it seems to be 

 very little known, certainly not half as much as it ought to 

 be. I think it will produce some of our finest wines, and is 

 fruitful from every bud. Can be grown on short stakes, and 

 pruned to spurs, and has produced for me forty pounds to 

 the vine, on Riparia roots, the second season after grafting. 



ChaucJie Gris. Synonyms, Gray D'Jshia, Greg Riesling. 

 This is not a Riesling, but only called so erroneously in 

 Napa Valley, where formerly any grape with small compact 



