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perpendicular to the leaf, and the bases of the 

 nerves are red. 



Bunches, pretty numerous, of middling size, of a cylin- 

 dric and conic shape, with some small grapes, which, 

 however, all ripen, stalks tender. 



Berries, 5^ hnes (twelfth parts of an inch) in length, 

 5 in thickness, very obtuse, the colour white, rather 

 gilded (c?ore), rather transparent, easily separate 

 from the stalk, soft, not fleshy, extremely sweet, 

 skin very fine, ripen very early, the ring round the 

 insertion of the stalk simple, with 5, and rarely 

 4 angles, bright grey. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



The specific gravity of the must of this grape was, on 

 the 15th September, at San Lucar, after two days' ex- 

 posure to the sun before pressing, 12^ degrees of the 

 h3^drometic of Baume, which is equal 1 -092 ; and at 

 Paxarete, on the 2nd of October, its nmst, after four 

 days' exposure, weighed 16 degrees, or 1*121. 



This grape rots more readily than any other variety, 

 as it is much attacked by bees and wasps, in consequence 

 of its extreme sweetness, and the fineness of its skin. Its 

 must is considered the most precious either for sweet or 

 dry wines, and it enters largely into the composition of 

 all the most valuable wines of the south of Spain. It is 

 not esteemed for brandy. 



This variety is said to have been originally trans- 

 planted from Madeira and the Canaries to the banks of 

 the Rhine and the Moselle, and thence by Pedro Xi- 

 menes to Malaga, about two centuries ago. At Malaga 

 and Grenada one half of the plants in the vineyards con- 

 sist of this variety ; at Xeres, one-eighth ; at Motril, 

 four-fifths ; at Paxarete, one-fourth. 



