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It is a prolific sort, comes into leaf rather late, and ripens during 

 the second period. The soil which suits it best is the same as 

 for the Cabernet Sauvignon. It may be pruned short, but gives 

 better results with long pruning. 



The Merlot is a vigorous semi-erect grower, with wood of a greyish- 

 fawn colour, short-jointed, ribbed : leaves broader than long, of medium 

 size, five-lobed, with petiolar sinus open as well as the others ; teeth 

 sharp and uneven ; upper-surface smooth, uneven ; under-surface 

 downy ; bunch long, conical, ramified ; berries small, round, uneven, 

 of a blue-black colour, covered with much bloom. 



Mission Grape. 



A variety extensively cultivated in California, where it was prob- 

 ably imported from Morocco. It is considered by the American 

 authors as a common sort, giving large crops of strong coarse wine, 

 of little value. 



Mondeuse. Synonyms : Mouteuse, Molette, Persaigne, Savo- 

 yanne, Maldoux. 



A good variety for the first region of Victoria, being a heavy bearer, 

 giving as much as 800 gallons per acre in Savoy and the adjoining 

 departments of France, where it is extensively cultivated. The wine 

 made from it becomes of high quality with age, and keeps well. 



It is a very hardy variety, will do well in almost any soil, and 

 gives good results with either long or short pruning, the former being 

 preferable. It comes into leaf late, and ripens at the end of the 

 second period. 



The Mondeuse is a vigorous spreading grower, with long-jointed 

 shoots of a greyish-yellow colour ; leaves rather large, longer than 

 broad, three-lobed, smooth above, downy beneath; bunch large and 

 loose; berries of medium size, slightly oval, of a somewhat acid 

 and astringent flavour. 



t MorrasteL Synonyms : Mourrastel, Perpignan, and some- 

 times, but erroneously, Mataro. 



A valuable variety, in many respects similar to the Mataro, from 



which it may be distinguished by its wood being of a darker and 



redder colour ; its leaves are paler, and with rounder lobes. The 



young leaves are reddish, whilst those of the Mataro are whitish. 



It bears as much as the Mataro, of a somewhat higher class wine. 



