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It does best in a granitic soil, but will grow in almost any that is fit 

 for viticulture. It is a good bearer and yields crops of as much as 

 700 gallons if pruned long. It gives good results if pruned short. 



The wine made from it possesses many excellent qualities, it is 

 perhaps rather strong when grown it the third region, and is better 

 when grown in either the first or second. 



Although liable to oidium, it resists mildew (peronospora), and does 

 not suffer much from anthracnosis. 



It comes into leaf early, and ripens during the second period. 



The Shiraz is a vigorous spreading grower. Shoots thick, long- 

 jointed, of a characteristic grey colour ; leaves, rather large, five-lobed, 

 but not deeply divided, teeth blunt and even, upper-surface of a fine, 

 bright, but dark-green, not glossy, with a few traces of flaky down ; 

 the colour is so characteristic that a block of this kind may easily be 

 recognised at a distance ; under-surface, cottony ; bunch rather 

 large, long, conical, sometimes rather loose ; berries below the 

 average size, oblong, black, covered with bloom, thin-skinned, and 

 juicy. 



* Sultana. Synonyms : Kechmish, Sultanieh, Conforogo. 

 This is the seedless grape from which the well-known Sultana 



raisins are made. It is also a good table grape, and produces a good 

 light white wine. It should be pruned long. 



* Sweet Water. Synonyms : List an, (?) White Nice. (?) 

 Like the Chasselas, this sort is considered to be only of use as a 



table variety, but this is not the case in the second and third regions. 

 Some excellent white wines are made from this grape, which is 

 superior to Gouais in these conditions. It may be easily dis- 

 tinguished by its thick, dark-green, five-lobed leaves; the lower 

 indentations of which are the deepest. The leaves are smooth and 

 glossy above and downy beneath. Bunches large, and berries medium >v 

 size, round. Very agreeable to eat. /.,,. \ 



f Tinto. Synonyms : Teinturier, Gros Noir Oporto, Tinto \ 



Francisca, Rome Noir, &c. 



The Tinto is one of the few grapes which have red juice. In 

 most other red grapes the colouring matter is contained in the skin, 

 but the juice of the Tinto is of a deep red colour as well. The wine 

 made from it is of a remarkable colour. This is, in fact, its 





