60 Vineyard Culture. 



in the West. In the South there are " musts' 9 which 

 ferment badly for want of a sufficient proportion of wa- 

 ter ; this inconvenience is remedied by planting a cer- 

 tain proportion of Aramons, or Terrets. This is the 

 way to correct the defects of wine ; it is better than to 

 add to the " musts" substances which assimilate them- 

 selves badly with that liquid, and which it is difficult to 

 mix in the right proportions to all the elements which 

 compose it. 



6th. The degree of color to give to wine must also 

 be attended to, in choosing the plants, for this exerts 

 considerable influence on the sale of the wine. When 

 they lack color, it is remedied, in the South, by plant- 

 ing the Tirtot, the Mourastel or the Carignan j in the 

 North the " Dyers" are employed. 



yth. From the preceding positions, we conclude that 

 in almost all vineyards several kinds of plants must be 

 united ; but the number ought always to be very lim- 

 ited, and should comprise those only, the admixture of 

 which will produce the results we have here pointed 

 out. In any case, as the " musts " of the different 

 kinds will have to be mixed in the same cask, the plants 

 must be selected in such a way that they will all mature 

 precisely at the same time. If it is sometimes proper 

 to introduce varieties of different dates of maturity, it 

 is when large vineyards are to be planted ; in such cases 

 the different grapes are pressed separately. The plant- 

 ing is done in this way to counterbalance the risks 

 which each variety runs from white frosts, rotting, etc. 

 This also permits the harvesting of the crop to be done 

 gradually, and to have always a sufficient number of 

 laborers at hand. It is for this reason that in the large 



