4ii NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



PLANT DE SAINT GILLES, DUH. 



Vitis maxima, uvd subampla, acinis, nigris } minimis, rotundis, fyc. 



This vine shoots vigorously and becomes very strong ; its 

 bunches are large ; the berries black, round, and small, possess- 

 ing a sweet and agreeable flavour. This variety is cultivated 

 at Saint Gilles, in Languedoc, upon the river Rhone, and pro- 

 duces excellent wine that will keep a long time. 

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PALOMINO COMMUN, DUH. 



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Vitis uva media ; acino nigro, molliusculo, subdulci, et subpellucido. 



This vine differs from the Listan-commun in its leaves, 

 which are not of so dark a green on the upper side, and are 

 less downy beneath ; by its smaller cluster composed also of 

 smaller berries placed less closely. It is cultivated in the 

 Spanish vineyards, and particularly at Xeres, at Rota, and 

 at Paxarete. 



MANTUO CASTILLAN, DUH. 



Vitis acinis raris subrotundis, intense viridibus, durts, serotinis. 



This is one of the varieties cultivated in Spain, and next to 

 the Listan-ctfmmun, its fruit is the most esteemed at San- 

 Lucar for eating, and the clusters when suspended will keep 

 a long time. The berries are nearly round, firm, and of a 

 greenish colour. They distinguish in that country many sub- 

 varieties of the Mantuo, one of which produces violet coloured 

 berries. 



TINTILLA, DUH. 



Vitis uvd sublaxd; acinis parvis, rotundis, nigris. 



The leaves of this vine are slightly wrinkled, covered beneath 

 with white and close down, they are five lobed and bordered 

 with medium indentures. The bunches are composed of 

 small berries, not closely set, and very succulent, yielding a 

 very black juice of a peculiarly sweet flavour, rather insipid. 



