NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES, 149 



GOUAIS NOIR. PB. CAT. No. 64. 



Petit game, Duh. Noir. 



Gueuche noire. Verreau. 



Vitis uvd media, sublaxd, acinis vix dulcibus,nigerrimis. 



This grape is known in the different districts of France by 

 the various titles given above; it resembles in the form of the 

 bunch and of the berries the Morillon of Burgundy, but it 

 has neither the same flavour nor same sweetness, and it is of 

 much blacker colour. 



MANSARD, DUH. 



LeDamour. Le Grand noir. 



Le Vert gris. 



Vitis uvd ampld, pyramidatd, acino majori, nigricante. 



The leaf of this variety is large, thick, of a deep green, and 

 bordered with slight indentures in comparison to its size ; the 

 bunches are very large and of a pretty regular pyramidal form, 

 and it is not uncommon for them to attain to nine or ten inches 

 in length, and to four or five in breadth at the base ; the ber- 

 ries are large and set moderately close. 



MARLEAU, DUH. 



Le Languedoc. Le Troyen. 



Le Coq. L'Ardonnet. 



Le Conors. Le Balsac. 



Vitis uvd sublaxd, acinis nigris, quasi villoso-sericcif. 



This grape is of a beautiful velvetty black colour, and the 

 berries are set moderately close on the cluster ; the leaf is lobed, 

 and is remarkable for the delicacy and irregularity of the in- 

 dentures on its edges. Its shoots denote a great deal of vigour 

 both by the size of the wood, and by that of the eyes or joints. 

 It is known by a great number of appellations in France, as the 

 list of svnonvmes given above denotes. 



