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Maccabeo. Synonyms: Ugni Blanc (white), Queue de Renard, 



Gredelin. 



A white variety not cultivated in Victoria, but of value for the pro- 

 duction of fruity wines in the third region. A good bearer, which 

 will adapt itself to almost any soil. It comes into leaf late, and 

 ripens very late (at the end of the third period). 



* Malaga. 



An oval grape of a purple colour, well adapted for raisin-making, 

 and, on account of its thick skin and good carrying qualities, of great 

 value as a table grape. It ripens in the second period. 



* Malbeck. Synonyms : Cot, Baloutzat Gourdoux, Estrangey, 

 Noir (black) de Pressac, and many others, in Australia some- 

 times erroneously termed Red Chasselas. 



A choice red variety, much cultivated in the Bordeaux district, 

 where it helps to a considerable extent to make the best clarets. The 

 wine made from it resembles in many respects that made from the 

 Cabernet Sauvignon, but is lighter than it, and matures more rapidly. 

 This sort is admirably suited for the second region of the colony, 

 where it is already cultivated to some extent, and parts of the first, 

 although it is liable to set its fruit very badly in cool moist 

 localities. The wine made from it in the third region, being rather 

 strong, would benefit by being blended with that of such kinds as 

 Mataro, Aramon, &c. It is a pretty good bearer, and in well drained 

 soil will give good crops. It comes into leaf rather early, and is 

 liable to suffer from frost, but has the peculiarity of bearing fruit on 

 shoots growing off the old wood if the normal fruit-bearing shoots are 

 destroyed. It ripens towards the end of the first period. 



It suffers but slightly from oidium, but is, on the other hand, very 

 liable to anthracnosis. 



It gives best results on soils rich in lime. 



Although capable of bearing fruit when pruned short, long pruning 

 suits it very much better. It is the sort grown in the part of France 

 where the vines are grown on what is termed the " Chaintres" system, 

 which gives the plant an enormous extension, as we shall see further 

 on. The Malbeck is a vigorous grower, with wood of a brownish- 

 fawn colour, rather short-jointed, with large buds; leaves above medium 

 size, distinctly three-lobed, of a pinkish- white when they first come out ; 

 upper surface smooth, but wrinkly and uneven, often of a reddish colour 



