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It gives best results in a granitic or schistose formation, but will 

 thrive in almost any well-drained soil. 



It comes into leaf somewhat late and ripens during the second 

 period. 



Long pruning is indispensable for it. If pruned short it gives 

 very poor crops. 



The Riesling is a spreading grower, o.f medium vigour, with rather 

 long-jointed wood of a glossy grey colour. Leaves medium, thick, 

 round, five lobes (sometimes three-lobed), rather deeply indented sinus, 

 rounded, teeth almost even, upper-surface dark green, very 

 wrinkly, free from down, under- surf ace covered with short down, 

 veins very thick and covered with stiff short hairs; bunch small 

 and close; berries small, round, of a greenish colour, covered with 

 bloom, with several hard black specks adhering to the skin. They 

 may be recognised by the peculiar aromatic taste they leave on the 

 palate. What is commonly termed Shepherd's Riesling is a variety 

 of the above. It is a better bearer and has larger berries, but the 

 wine is not of such high quality as that of the little Riesling. 



* Roussanne. Synonyms : White Hermitage, Bergeron, Fro- 

 monteau, Plant de Seyssel. 



A choice white sort, from which are made the best White 

 Hermitage wines of France. There is some difference of opinion as 

 to whether our White Hermitage is the Marsanne or the Roussanne. 

 The following properties of the Roussanne enable it to be said with 

 almost certainty that it is our White Hermitage : 



It is very subject to oidium, whilst the Marsanne is only slightly 

 so; its berries are smaller, the skin thicker, and the seeds larger than 

 those of the Marsanne ; its berries become browner when exposed to 

 the sun than those of the Marsanne. 



If pruned long it will yield crops of 300 gallons per acre. The 

 wine made from it is of excellent quality. It is rather alcoholic, 

 sound, and has a beautiful bouquet, keeps well, and improves for a 

 long time. The Roussanne is best suited for the first region, but will 

 also give good results in the second. It gives the best results in a 

 granitic soil, but will thrive in most other sorts. 



It is more subject to oidium than most other fungoid pests. Comes 

 into leaf late, and ripens towards the end of the second period. It 

 is a vigorous somewhat spreading grower. Shoots rather thick, 



