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themselves in the Ehcingau, and the neighboring cities of May- 

 ence and Bingen. Moreover, these dealers have also, in many 

 respects, greater facilities of transport than any negotiator in a 

 foreign country can possibly command, by which it results that 

 they can allbrd to sell at lower rates and in smaller quantities 

 than any others; which latter is an advantage totally unknown 

 in liheingau, where sales are effected only at wholesale in entire 

 hogsheads, each of which contains from 1300 to 1400 bottles of 

 Rheingau measure, or 1176 litres. 



In Maycnce the wine measure is as follows, viz. : the ohm con- 

 tains 20 quarters; the barrel, 8 ohms, or 160 quarters; the ohm, 

 180 Frankfort bottles. The measure contains 94 cubic inches 

 French; 100 measurcs = 160^ Berlin quarts. The ohm contains 

 140, the barrel 1050 litres, French measure. 



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FEANCONIAN WINES. 



The Franconian wines in Bavaria, especially those of Werth- 

 heim, Wiirzburg, Kitzingen, Marktbreit, Marksteft, and Ochsen- 

 furt, are similar to the Ehine wines, but of lighter and poorer qual- 

 ity, less acid, and in some respects more wholesome. The best 

 kind of this wine is that styled " Leistenwine ;" so named from a 

 place on Frauenberg, near Wiirzburg, and it is grown on a plot 

 of about sixty morgens. This wine, when of a certain age, Js su- 

 perior to the other German wines, and perhaps to all other kinds, 

 from its more pleasant flavor, its spirit, bouquet, and its salubri- 

 ous qualities. Next in order is the " Steinwine," which is raised 

 in Steinberg, near Wiirzburg, on a plot of about 490 morgens. 

 It is more fiery than the former kind, but is never so palatable 

 nor so fine flavored, being often of a hot and alcoholic nature. 

 There is a third sort of this wine, called the Calmuth. It derives 

 its name from a mountain ridge which lies between Lengfurth and 

 Homberg, belonging chiefly to the Duke of Lowenstein-Wertheim. 

 The Schalsberger wine is also much appreciated. 



The Wiirzburger and Werthheimer wines are the two principal 

 kinds of Franconian wine which are known extensively in com- 

 merce. 



The Wiirzburger is generally raised near Wiirzburg, Kitzingen, 

 Marksteft, Marktbreit, etc. It is a light wine, of a yellow color, 

 •and of a poorer quality than the Rhine wine, possessing greater 

 acidity, and is therefore not so pleasant to the taste, and is even 

 inferior to the Werthheimer. When the wine is intended for the 

 Saxony market it is generally colored of a darker hue than nat- 

 ural by means of burnt sugar. 



