164 GRAPE CULTURE AND 



well, and many admire its peculiar flavor. It can also be 

 utilized to make the well known sweet Angelica wine, or 

 rather Cordial, for which the clippings of small berries could 

 be used when packing and making raisins. Vine a short, 

 rather straggling and bushy grower, well adapted to short stool 

 pruning, as it forms rather a bush than a vine, wood gray, with 

 darker spots, short jointed. Leaf round, five lobed, bright 

 green above, lighter green below, young shoots a bright green. 

 The laterals produce a second and even a third crop, and the 

 second crop will often ripen to be fit for shipping. Bunch 

 long and loose, shouldered; berry oblong, light yellow when, 

 fully mature, transparent, covered with white bloom, fleshy,, 

 with thick skin, very sweet, and a decidedly musky flavor 

 liked by many, and disliked by others. 



Malaga, Synonym, Weisner Damascener, frueher weisser 

 Damascener. Vine a strong grower, wood reddish brown, short 

 jointed. Leaf medium, leathery, smooth, deeply lobed, light 

 shining green above. Bunch very large, loose, shouldered, 

 long, stem long and flexible; berry very large, oval, yellowish 

 green, covered with white bloom, thick skin, fleshy. Ripens 

 rather early and also makes good raisins. ~. 



Verdal. Synonym Cheres, Malvoisie de Sitjo. Vine a 

 strong grower, long joints. Leaf large, deeply lobed, tomentose ;. 

 bunch short, heavily shouldered. Berry oblong, yellowish 

 green covered with fine bloom, ripens late, very productive. 



White Cornichon. Synonym Cornichon blanc, weisse Eich- 

 eltraube. Vine a strong but short jointed, stocky grower, light 

 brown with darker buds. Leaf long, thin, deeply lobed, light 

 green above, tomentose below. Bunch very large, loose, with 

 long drooping shoulders. Berry oblong, golden yellow, with 

 light dots, thick skin, fleshy and transparent, ripens late. 



The Sultana has been described among the wine grapes. 

 It makes very fine seedless raisins, but they do not seem to 

 sell as well as the Muscatel, very likely on account of their 



