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good wine in the department of L'Yonne, and 

 produces double the quantity of the Pineau of 

 Burgundy and Champagne. 

 No. 54 LivERDUN — DE LA Meurthe — black. This 

 variety has been lately propagated to a great extent 

 in the department of La Meurthe. It yields a 

 wine which will keep 10 years in the cask, and is 

 so prodigiously fertile that in the worst years it 

 yields more than double the average produce 

 of other vines, and in abundant seasons the pro- 

 duce sometimes amounts to 200 hectohtres per 

 hectare; about 2,500 gallons an acre. 



— 55. Carbenet, or Carmenet a Petits Grains — 



DE LA GiRONDE— black. This variety, and the 

 three following, are almost exclusively cultivated 

 in the vineyards of Medoc, and the Carbenet a 

 petits grains^ and Carbenet Sawvignen, are alone 

 to be found in those of highest reputation. 



— 56. Carbenet Sauvignen — black. See 55. 



— 57. Malbek — black. See 55. 



— 58. Verdot — black. See 55. 



— 59. Sauvignen — white. DelaGironde. This and 



the six following varieties are cultivated in the 

 vineyards, which yield the best white wines of this 

 department, including Viri de Grave, Barsac, and 

 Sauterne. 



— 60. Semilion — white. It is recommended that this 



variety should occupy a proportion of two thirds 

 of the vineyards in which the other five varieties 

 are cultivated. 



— 61. Rochalin — white. See 59. 



— 62. Blanc-doux — white. See 59. 



— 63. Pruneras — white. See 59. 



