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rather close ; the juice is pleasant, sparkling, and vinous. It 

 is pretty common in French vineyards, and is cultivated on 

 account of yielding good crops, and enduring for a long 

 period. It succeeds best in sandy and light soils, but will 

 flourish in almost any open and dry location. It is very hardy, 

 of easy culture, ripens here early in September, and answers 

 very well as an early table grape. Some English authors 

 state that it takes its name from Millet who raised it from seed, 

 but the French give a better reason for its title as mentioned 

 above, and they are no doubt correct. 



SAVAGNIEN BLANC, DUH. 

 Meunier blanc. Matinie. 



Meunier a saint blanc. Uni-blanc. 



White Miller grape. 



Vitis subhirsuta, uvd crassd, acino albo, subovato. 



This variety differs from the preceding by the minor lobes 

 of the leaves being more distinct, and its berries being white, 

 rather larger, and a little oval. It must not be confused with 

 the sauvignon, which is a very distinct fruit. This vine must 

 be the variety of the Meunier described and figured by some 

 authors with white berries, and also called by others White 

 Miller grape. The fruit is sweet and agreeable in flavour, 

 and makes passable wine. The vine will thrive in a meagre 

 soil and is not readily injured by frost, but when the blossoms 

 are destroyed by it they are not renewed that season. It is 

 generally cultivated in French vineyards, and is not subject to 

 a blight of its blossoms. 



WHITE SAUVIGNON. PR. CAT. No. 106. 

 Suavignon, Duh. Servignen. 



Sauvignon blanc. Sucrin. 



Saumgnen. Fie. 



Maurillon blanc, erroneously. 

 Vitis serofina, aeinis minor ibus, acutis^Jlavo-albidis, dulcissimia. 



'> "*j|i v.' 1 . .' . . f . 



The leaves of this vine are scarcely lobed at all, but the in- 



