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bearer; long or short pruning; gives a clean wine, without much 
character, but fermenting easily; suitable for blending or for dis- 
tillation. 
MaArSanne (syn. White Shiraz).—Vine vigorous; cane strong 
with long internodes; leaves large, wrinkled, with deep lateral and 
closed petiolar sinuses; teeth short, wide, obtuse, glabrous above, 
a little downy below; bunches long, cylindrical shouldered, compact; 
berries round, white, with a mother-of-pearl shine, juicy. This 
grape produces a good clean wine of the chablis type; ripens late 
(3rd period). Spur prune on permanent arms if trellised, other- 
wise spur prune. When long pruned the berries are uneven and the 
bunches sometimes dry up at the extremity. 
Muscat or FronxrigNan (syn. White Constantia). —(See 
above. ) 
Prepro XIMENES.—A grape of the sherry type, rich in sugar and 
low in acid. It is the principal wine grape of Malaga and Grenada 
and Jerez. In conjunction with Palomino, it is used in the manu- 
facture of dry sherries and oceasionally with the Tintas for the 
manufacture of red wines. Vine vigorous and productive; slender, 
short-jointed wood; leaves medium size, smooth, veins light yellow; 
bunches large, branching, loose but well filled; berries small to 
medium, somewhat oval, firm, fleshy, of a yellow-golden colour, go 
off quicly and do not hang long; ripening late. Requires a rich 
soil and short pruning. 
PaLoMINO (syn. Listan), also called “Sweetwater” in Australia. 
—One of the leading sherry grapes. Very easy to pick—the large 
bunches are torn from the vine. 
Pineau WuHiItTe CHARDONNAY (syn. White Morillon).—Vine 
more vigorous than most of the Pinots, with slender but vigorous 
wood; leaves medium size, yellowish green, glabrous above, slightly 
downy below, teeth uneven; bunches small, short, somewhat com- 
pact, conico-cylindrical; berries small, spherical, light green when 
ripe and golden on the sunny side; flesh firm and of more flavour 
than the true Pinot Blane. Ripening early, a week or two later than 
the Black Pinot. Adapts itself to all soils, but bears better crops 
in well-drained deep loam. This grape enters to some extent 
into the manufacture of the best champagne wine, and also those 
famous white wines of Burgundy—Montrachet, Chablis, and Pouilly. 
Another white pineau, under the name of Auxerrois, produces in 
the dry districts of New South Wales and in Victoria a fine sweet 
white wine. 
Riesutinc.—A choice white grape of which hock is made on the 
Rhine and in Moselle. Season fairly early (2nd period). Merits, 
one of the best varieties for cultivation. Vine growth: stem slender; 
shoots semi-erect, slender, rather long jointed, hard bark of a glossy 
