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few short, hard hairs, the extremities covered with a white- 

 down, browner around the nodes and at the base of the 

 cane after lignification. The internodes are medium, finely 

 striated lengthwise, with protruding flat nodes, continuous 

 tendrils, long, straight, and trifurcated. Very small buds, 

 often double, deep brown becoming very soon white, with a 

 few pink spots on the outer edge of the leaves, which soon 

 become flat, uncovering bunches of green flowers, with dirty 

 looking brown patches here and there. The young leaves 

 are entire, thick, with whitish tomentum, falling off quickly 

 from the upper-face, remaining adherent longer on the 

 under-face, the veins of which are covered with a slight 

 brownish down. The teeth are provided with green glands, 

 lighter in colour towards the extremity. The adult leaves 

 are large, entire, folded conically, goffered between the 

 veins, deep green, teeth generally blunt in two series, light 

 tufts of hair on the under-face; the veins are wide and 

 straight, covered underneath with stiff hair ; petiole strong, 

 covered with numerous stiff hairs, of a light brown hue in 

 places, generally forming an obtuse angle with the plane of 

 the leaf. The flowers are rather small, sub-globular, light 

 yellow, and very odoriferous. Ovaries slightly swollen, sur- 

 mounted by a long style and a very small stigma. Bunches 

 small, spherical, or cylindrical, rarely shouldered ; peduncle 

 strong, of medium length, green, lanigerous ; pedicels stout, 

 without warts, berries detaching easily and leaving a light 

 yellow adherent brush. Berries compact, medium, covered 

 with bloom, light pink or light green when they are not 

 exposed to the light, with fleshy pulp and colourless juice, 

 slight foxy taste. 

 The fertility of this cepage is only middling. 



NOAH. 



The Noah, which was proposed by the Americans as a 

 direct producer, has been brought forward again lately in 

 the south-west, on account of its relative resistance to the 

 attacks of black-rot. But the bad quality of its wine, and 

 its small resistance to phylloxera (13) does not allow it to 

 be used extensively. It is a vigorous plant, with spreading 

 habit, slender trunk, and deciduous bark, falling in irregular 

 lashes. The canes are long and slender, with a few glandu- 

 lous hairs when herbaceous, reddish brown when lignified ; 

 long internodes, finely striated, with slightly flattened nodes 



