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smooth on both faces; 
teeth obtuse and alter- 
nately large and small. 
Bunches evenly set; loose 
lberries, white, medium | 
to large, long oval, 
flattened on the ends, 
hard and fleshy, which 
prevents them from dry- 
ing up; strongly attached 
to the stalklet or pedicel. 
If a single berry is pulled 
off the bunch the pedicel 
breaks clean off from the 
main stalk and remains 
attached to the grape, sav- 
ing it from deeay. Flavour 
indifferent. The vine re- 
quires a warm locality | 
and large development, 
with long pruning, with f 
laterals on the canes as Ohanez. 
explained in the ease of 
Sultana. It is sent out from Spain, packed in cork dust or 
little chips of cork of about one-eighth inch in size. 
This prevents close packing and does not favour the growth 
of mould. This grape is suecessfully shipped to England from West- 
ern Australia as well as fron the Eastern States. It is the safest 
grape to ship, and until lately much neglected because it had proved 
an unreliable bearer. Now, however, it is proved, like the Sultana, 
and is found to ke a prolific vine. Jn the ease of these two vines 
the fruiting buds are not so much on the main canes of the previous 
spring’s growth as on the laterals or secondary growth 
off these canes, being really summer growths. The Ohanez 
and the Sultana throw out these laterals readily. The 
beautiful trellis erected by Mr. George Barrett-Lennard at 
Belhus, on the Upper Swan, as shown on the plate attached, is 
built on more substantial lines than those one sees around Almeria, 
and the result so far has proved «quite as_ satisfactory. 
In Spain these trellises are high enough to permit horses and 
mules working underneath. The single stem is carried about Sft. 
high, and the skeleton of the vine spreads overhead on longitudinal 
wires in conjunction with cross wires, making a kind of large-size 
netting. The vines are planted 18ft. to 20ft. apart. The high 
trellis, besides offering all the room required for working, allows 
plenty of air and light to exercise their beneficient influence; the 
grapes hang underneath the leaves, which protect them against the 
