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gray colour, turning to silver white in the autumn, numerous laterals. 
Buds downy, grayish colour. Leaves medium, thick, three to five- 
lobed, wrinkled, rather deeply indented sinus, teeth almost even; 
upper surface smooth, dark green; under surface downy; light 
green colour, veins thick and covered with short stiff hair; petiolar 
sinus almost closed; leaves fall early in the autumn. Fruit: 
bunches large, close set, vylindro-conical, with short and thick pedicel. 
Berries small, round or somewhat oblate, of a greenish colour, 
covered with bloom and with small black ‘specks; very juicy and 
rich, with a peculiar aromatic flavour. 
Cultural Notes.-—Long pruning, comes into leaf late; gives best 
results on granite or schistose formations; fairly resistant to oidium, 
and not attacked by anthracnose. Yields fair crops. 
SHEPHERD’s RIESLING (syn. Orleans Riesling, Gros Riesling).— 
A variety of the above, bears heavier crops, has larger berries, resists 
wet better, but the wine not quite so good as that of the true Riesling. 
Vine vigorous, leaves of medium size, longer than wide, glabrous 
above, slightly downy below, three to five lobes, the upper sinuses 
deep, the lower scarcely marked; bunches medium size, somewhat 
compaet, conico-cylindrical, slightly shouldered; berries larger than 
those of Riesling, slightly ovoid, juicy, whitish yellow. Ripens 
second period, a little afer Riesling. This variety is much grown 
throughout the Palatinate and the Rhingau, and round Rudesheim. 
Does not require long pruning. 
DesirnaBLeE RED WINE GRAPES. 
The following vines, exhibiting characters which would very 
likely be suitable to conditions which obtain in Western Australia, 
might with advantage be introduced under the authority and care 
of the Department of Agriculture :-— 
Becuan.—Especially suited, says Prof. Bioletti (Bull. 193: 
“Best Wine Grapes of California”), for certain parts of the coast 
counties of California, owing to the frequent oceurrence of ocean 
fogs, where many varieties do not ripen their fruit properly. Suit- 
able for dry red wine of good quality; has the advantage of being 
very resistant to oidium. The Blne Portuguese, also a good bearer, 
ripening easily, blends with Beclan, giving a good wine of the 
Burgundy type. 
Monpvevuse (syn. Grosse Syrah).—One of the leading kinds on 
the Alpine slopes east of the Rhone, where it is grown on the hills 
and also in the cold, humid valleys. Vigorous growth, straggling. 
Wood yellowish-green, long joints, leaves long, smooth on top, 
downy below. Bunch large, long, loose, pyramidal, with a shoulder. 
Berry medium size, ovoid, bluish violed, juicy and sweet, a little 
acid and astringent even when ripe. Mid season. Sets well, little 
