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tion or basis of the vineyards in the country so celebrated for 

 the excellence of the wines it produces. 



BLUE TOKAY. PR. CAT. No. 14S. 

 Tokai bleu. Tokai, Haute Pyrennees. 



This is one of the most vigorous and strong growing vines 

 with which I am acquainted ; it is also very productive. The 

 fruit ripens with me about the 10th of September ; the berries 

 are purple, of moderate size, their taste and flavour tart and 

 sparkling, with that peculiar gout which I fancied bore a 

 strong similarity to the famed wine of that name : it is not a 

 pleasant fruit for the table. I have also had the Tokai de 

 Hongrie noir to produce fruit with me the two past seasons, 

 the berries of which are of oval form. I have besides the 

 Tokai bagnol, Tokai de Lunel, &c. 



FLAME TOKAY. PR. CAT. No. 147, 



Flame-coloured tokay. Rhenish. 



Lombardy. Brick. 



The leaves of this vine are much more divided than most 

 other sorts, and the upper surface is of a deep green hue ; 

 the berries are round and of a bright red or flame colour, 

 the bunches are .regularly formed, and are stated by some 

 authors to attain to the weight of six or seven pounds. It is 

 said to be sometimes called in England the Rhenish grape ; hjit 

 this title and that of Tokay illy apply to it, if it came originally 

 from Lombardy, as one appellation would indicate. 



There is no doubt it is synonymous with some other & the 

 described varieties cultivated in French collections, but no 

 author has yet arranged its synonymy. It is possible .that it 

 may be the same as the Malvoisie-rouge-d' Italic ; but ney f ejr 

 having compared them myself, I have no means of deciding, 

 and therefore barely hazard the conjecture as to that point. 



