Choice of Fines. 45 



Black Muscat. Very productive. (Vaucluse.) 



Baclan. Eyes far apart ; dark green leaves ; berries sparse; dark wine, of 

 good quality ; adapted to strong, clayey soil. (Jura.) 



Trousseau. Large, thick, round leaves, of a yellowish green ; slightly 

 downy underneath ; berries black ; strong wine, and will keep well ; plant 

 very hardy, productive, and requiring plenty of space; must be pruned long. 

 The little Trousseau yields less, but is more certain. (Jura, Avalon.) 



UEnfarine. Leaves longer than broad, sharp-pointed fringe, downy un- 

 derneath, on the veins , bunches short ; berries large and round, black, cov- 

 ered with a white bloom ; very harsh ; very productive ; a tart wine, im- 

 proving with age | trims very long. 



WHITE GRAPES. 



White Gouais. Acid wine, without vinous flavor; will not keep; is 

 very productive. 



Green Savagnin. Leaves round, dark green, downy underneath ; leaf- 

 stalks and veins red ; long berries j skin thick, with greenish tinge. (Jura, 

 Cote d'Or, Champagne.) 



FIFTH PERIOD October id in the South; ivill not ripen in the latitude of 



Paris. 



COLORED GRAPES. 



Aramon. Very productive ; wine clear, will keep well ; easily affected by 

 spring frosts, and liable to rot. 



Agudct. Bunches fine ; berries oval ; productive. (Tarn and Garonne.) 



Carignan. Berries round, black, apt to blight ; yields largely in good 

 soils; wine dark, of good quality. (Bouches du Rhone, Gard, Herault, 

 Aude.) 



Tibouren. Very productive when the blossoms do not blight; very early 

 growth ; berries very sweet ; wine light colored, fine and delicate ; light 

 soil. 



Black Terret. Berries round, black; seldom blights, and yields little; 

 dark colored wine, and good. 



Mourastel. Makes a great deal of wood, with short joints ; berries large, 

 crisp, sweet ; never blights ; strong, clayey soils ; wine very dark, but flat. 



Maulan. Average leaves, yellowish green, shining, turned in ; bunches 

 fine ; berries long, black, pretty large ; early growth ; often blights ; is very 

 productive. 



Bouteillan. Large bunches ; large and small berries ; of a reddish black ; 

 blights sometimes; wine light in color and body; very productive. 

 (Lower Alps.) 



