Choice of Vines. 45 



Black Muscat. — ^Very productive. (Vaucluse.) 



Baclan, — Eyes far apart; dark green leaves ; berries sparse; dark wine, of 

 good quality ; adapted to strong, clayey soil. (Jura.) 



Trousseau. — Large, thick, round leaves, of a yellowrish green; slightly 

 downy underneath ; berries black ; strong wine, and will keep well ; plant 

 very hardy, productive, and requiring plenty of space; must be pruned long. 

 The UttU Trousseau yields less, but is more certain. (Jura, Avalon.) 



UEnfarine. — Leaves longer than broad, sharp-pointed fringe, downy un- 

 derneath, on the veins , bunches short ; berries large and round, black, cov- 

 ered with a white bloom ; very harsh ; very productive ; a tart wine, im- 

 proving with age ; trims very long. 



WHITE GRAPES. 



ff^hiu Gouais. — Acid wine, without vinous flavor; will not keep; is 

 very productive. 



Green Savagnin. — Leaves round, dark green, downy underneath ; leaf- 

 stalks and veins red ; long berries ; skin thick, with greenish tinge. (Jura, 

 Cote d'Or, Champagne.) 



FIFTH PERIOD — October 2.d in the South; will not ripen in tie latitude of 



Paris. 



COLOKED GKAFES. 



Aramon. — ^Very productive ; wine clear, will keep well ; easily affected by 

 spring frosts, and liable to rot. 



Agudet. — Bunches fine; berries oval; productive. (Tarn and Garonne.) 



Carignan. — Berries round, black, apt to blight ; yields largely in good 

 soils; wine dark, of good quality. (Bouches du Rhone, Gard, Herault, 

 Aude.) 



Tibouren. — ^Very productive when the blossoms do not blight ; very early 

 growth ; berries very sweet ; wine light colored, fine and delicate ; light 

 soil. 



Black Terret. — Berries round, black; seldom blights, and yields little; 

 dark colored wine, and good. 



Mourastel. — IVIakes a great deal of wood, with short joints ; berries large, 

 crisp, sweet ; never blights ; strong, clayey soils ; wine very dark, but flat. 



Moulan. — Average leaves, yellowish green, shining, turned in ; bunches 

 fine ; berries long, black, pretty large ; early growth ; often blights ; is very 

 productive. 



Bouteillan. — Large bunches ; large and small berries ; of a reddish black ; 

 blights sometimes; wine light in color and body; very productive. 

 (Lower Alps.) 



