NOMENCLATURE OF RAPES 



RIESSLING, LE GRAND. PR. CAT. No. 138. 



Grosser riessling. 



This is a variety of the same class as the preceding ; the 

 fruit is of larger size, and the vine is cultivated in the Rhenish 

 vineyards with the former, but I believe it is not as much es- 

 teemed. 



The information that has been given in regard to the ten 

 celebrated Rhenish varieties last described, has been derived 

 from the highest possible source, being communicated to me 

 by the proprietor of one of the most extensive vineyards on the 

 Rhine, whose culture has been eminently successful, in con- 

 sequence of the very judicious selections he has made in res- 

 pect to the varieties of vines. It is therefore with the fullest 

 confidence that I recommend them to my fellow-citizens, as 

 calculated to succeed for vineyards in this latitude, and pro- 

 bably still further north. In addition to these, my Rhenish 

 friend states that the Morillon, or Pineau noir, the Pineau blanc, 

 Pineau gris, and Auveras rouge clair, succeed admirably in 

 the Rhenish vineyards, and with the ten foregoing varieties, 

 form the basis of the fine vineyards of that section of country. 



I have at least given a pretty strong proof of my firm opin- 

 ion of the success of these fine varieties in our country, having 

 imported the last spring above thirty thousand vines, of these 

 kinds alone, which are now in my nurseries. 



WHITE CONSTANTIA. 



Under this name I have a vine received from Paris, which 

 has produced excellent fruit. The berries are white, of oval 

 form, the flavour and taste resembling the chasselas. It grows 

 vigorously, and bears well. Thomas McCall, Esq. of Georgia, 

 to whom I sent a vine, pronounces it a beautiful fruit. I do 

 not consider the name above stated as its true title, and there- 

 fore, although the fruit is excellent, I omitted it in my cata- 

 logue. The true name will probably be discovered by com- 



