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HOMEHCIiATUJtiS OF GRAPES. 



pose of making brandy. It is extensively cultivated in the 

 vineyards of Languedoc. 



ROCHELLE BLONDE, DUH. 



Vitis acino rotundo, albo, dulco-ctcido. 



This appears to be merely a subvariety of the preceding ; its 

 foliage differs, however, in being only three lobed and of a 

 much paler green colour, and the fruit also presents the same 

 difference, being much whiter than the former. 



TEINTURIER, Dun. PR. CAT. No. 30. 



Tinleau. Noireau. 



Gros-noir. Morieu. 



Teinturin . Portugal . 



Noir d'Espagne. Roussillon ? 



Alicante. Claret, supposed erroneously. 



Moure. The Dyer. 



Vitis acino nigro, rotunda, duriusculo, suavis saporis, succo nigro, labia inficicnti. 



The leaves are divided into five lobes, which are bordered 

 with deep teeth, and long before the maturity of the fruit they 

 become nearly of a flesh colour ; the bunches are of irregular 

 form and terminated by a truncated cone, and are composed 

 of round berries of unequal size, which yield by expression a 

 juice of very deep colour. This grape is only cultivated in 

 France for the purpose of colouring other wines, for when 

 manufactured alone, it furnishes a harsh and austere wine of 

 disagreeable taste. It is common in the vineyards of Orleans, 

 and in those of Gatinois, and is also disseminated in other 

 quarters, where it has received the various titles given as sy- 

 nonymes. 



This grape is sometimes confused with the following, and 

 by some writers the Teinturier and Alicant are named syno- 

 nymously, and^by others this has been called the Claret grape ; 

 but it seems agreed by the most eminent authors that I have 

 perused, that this and the following are totally distinct, and St. 

 Pierre. RQ?ier. Ghaptal, and Duhamel all agree that this 



