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must has lead to the preference of the Gouais for wine, wnerever 

 quantity is more an object than quahty . Vineyards once set out with 

 it, last a long tune, especially if the White Gouais is the piincipal 

 variety used. It Ukes a loose, open, light, warm soil. The leaf is 

 heart shaped, the lobes but slightly marked ; both leaves and bark of 

 the shoots have a reddish brown tinge. 



17. THE VERJUICE CRAPE. 



Lc Verjus. 



It is known also by the name of Borddcus ; the Verjuice grape has 

 a large stout leaf, slightly divided. The bunch is generally thick, 

 long, and at the top several secondary bunches or clusters arc grouped 

 together, making of the whole an enormous-looking production. The 

 berries are middling close, oblong, pointed, of a pale green colour, as- 

 suming a slight degree of yellow when ripe. The skin is t'oick, the 

 pulp firm, of a greenish white, very harsh-tasted at first, but becoming 

 passably mild towards the middle of October. This grape, which is 

 not fit for eating unless prepared, is excellent in conserves, marma- 

 lades, and other confections ; and is very suitable for the making of 

 Verjuice. 



There are three varieties of it, the White, Black and Red. The 

 two latter are not in as much regard as the former. They may be 

 grafted on any stock ; they succeed perfectly on those the stock of 

 which is apt to bleed, such as the Blue Corinth, the Alexandrian Mus 

 cat, &c. The coolest exposure suits them best. 



18. OF OTHER SPECIES & VARIETIES. 



If I were called upon to give here the nomenclature of all the spe- 

 cies, races, and varieties of the Vine that appear and pass away during 

 the course of years,and to which this or that canton or vinej^ard is 

 pecuharly attached, I should only run the risk of repeatedly presen- 

 ting the same plant in the disguise of a new barbarous name, and ol 

 falling into useless details and indifferent digressions. I have found 

 many names in the books of the last century alone, of which it would 

 be difficult now to find a single one in use. And now, under the sm- 

 gle name of Pi7iot or Pincau almost every red grape may be found so 

 classed by the Vintagers, without any one being able to answer wheth- 

 er this name, which only suits such sorts as have berries shaped 

 like the pine-cone, is given by thera to the kind to which this name 



