NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 1J1 



The clusters are of medium size as well as the berries, which 

 are so excessively delicate and succulent, that the juice entirely 

 runs out with the least pressure. Their taste is very sweet 

 and pleasant, but they are not high flavoured, and they ripen 

 very early. 



The title Albillo, is a general term under which the 

 Spaniards, and particularly the vignerons of Andalusia, con- 

 nect many classes of grapes, which are evidently very nearly 

 allied to each other, and which they afterwards designate 

 separately by adding a second title, pretty much in the same 

 manner that botanists apply specific names. 



JOANNEN BLANC. PR. CAT. No. 293. 



Jouanen, Duh. Raisin de St. Jean. 



St. Jean. 



Vitis prcecox, acino acuto, siibviridi, dulci et molli. 



This variety is rather common in the vineyards of Provence 

 where it receives its title, from the circumstance of its ripening 

 just after St. John's day. Its leaves are slightly lobed, some- 

 times to so small a degree as not to be noticed. The fruit 

 ripens with me the twentieth of September ; the bunch is of 

 medium size, composed of oval formed berries, of a greenish 

 white colour, which are very sweet. There is a sub-variety 

 with black berries, which is commonly called Jouanen negre. 



DOUCEAGNE, Dun. 



Vitis prcecox, acino rotunda, subviridi et duldssimo. 



This variety is not of as early maturity as the preceding, but 

 ripens as soon as most other kinds, and it is also cultivated in 

 the vineyards of Provence. The berries are white, round, 

 and sweet. 



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