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young leaves are red, and covered with a light whitish down. 
Leaves: medium size to large, broader than long, smooth and al- 
ost glossy ahove, very slightly woolly below; three or five lobes; 
lines, round and deep; teeth pointed; tendrils, leaf-stalks, and ribs, 
reddish. Bunches: medium size, pyramidal, long-shouldered, well 
set, with a long brown stalk. Berries: medium size, almost round, 
b-uish-black, covered with bloom, thin-skinned, juicy, and sweet; 
otten falls off the bunches when very ripe. 
This graye ripens early, bears heavily, and makes a light sweet 
wine, which matures fairly quickly, and is superior to that made 
from the Mataro grape. Requires long pruning. 
GreNscHE (syn. Roussillon, Alicante) —Grown extensively in 
the south of France and Spain, where it largely enters in the mann- 
facture of the Tarragona port valuable as a commercial rapidly 
maturing fruity tawny wine. Season: mid to late season (third 
period). Merits: combines quality with quantity; wine matures 
quickly and loses its colour early, and for that purpose very suit- 
able for making a sweet wine of the port tvpe. Vine: growth verv 
vigorous, semi-erect grower; shoots short-jointed and tapering with 
swollen buds of a yellowish colour, and often unripe towards the 
extremity; voung buds green and almost smooth, burst soon after 
Aramon and a few days before Carignane; leaves medium size, 
smooth and glossy on both sides, slightly lobed, with sharp teeth 
on the margin of a yellowish-green colour, turning yellow in the 
autumn; yetiolar sinus open. Fruit: bunches large, eylindrical, 
irregular, small shoulder, woody stalk. Berries: medium size, 
closely packed, slightly oval, not very dark, and of a reddish-blue 
colour, thin-skinned, covered with bloom, and subject to rotting in 
damp localities. 
Ciltural Notes—Not verv subject to oidium, but easily 
attacked bv anthracnose and mildew, or peronospora; pruned short 
and trained bush fashion, Heavy bearer, producing a wine that is 
roather coarse at first, and not suitable for making wine of the claret 
type, as it loses its colour quickly, assuming a tawnv brown tint 
very suitable for port; very good for blending with some dark- 
coloured wine. On rich flats gives an abundant vield of thinner 
wine; while on gravelly slores produces a more full-bodied wine. 
This vine exhausts itself fairly early—after 15 to 20 vears. The 
best results are obtained on granitic or red ironstone sandy soil. 
Matreck (syn. Cét)—A choice red variety. Season: early 
(second period). Merits: first-class, and enters with Cabernet in 
the making of hieh-class clarets; when fortified makes good wine 
of the port tyre. Vine: growth vigorous, half spreading; shoots 
sharp pointed, average thickness, brownish-fawn colour with red 
stripes; large buds, light-red to whitish violet. Leaves: of a pinkish 
white when young, medium siezd, three-lobed, circular; upper sur- 
