laciiiiate leaf, of a clothy texture, deep green on the upper side, 

 and covered on the under side with a white down. The cluster is 

 middling thick, short, crowded and thick set with very small round 

 berries. They ripen in September, are white, with a slight tinge of 

 yellow ; and the white pulp is very sugary, melting, and extremely 

 agreeable to the taste. The grape contains no stones ; and the rind is 

 so tender that it is eaten with the fruit. 



The Blue Corinth is larger than the White and has also no stones, 

 but is very apt to bleed. The grape rots so rapidly that in the South- 

 eastern Departments it has taken the name of Passe or Passerille. 

 It requires in pruning, to be left longer than other Vines. The Red 

 Corinth is much liked ; the Large Corinth seems only a variety of the 

 White Chasselas with a smaller, and less sweet berry. 



15. ALEPPO GRAPE. 



Le Raisin D'Mep. 



This kind of grape was brought to France during the Crusades ; 

 and is now completely naturalized. The leaves are dark green and 

 distinctly lobed ; they become spotted with red and yellow in the fall. 

 The berries are rather large, and round or oval ; some white, others 

 black, or marbled, or presenting stripes of the two colours on the 

 same bunch. They have but one stone ; and are easy to ripen. As 

 this grape is very subject to the Blight, care is taken in pruning to 

 leave the shoots long. This stock is a good bearer and durable, but 

 slow of growth ; the wine is good, keeps well, and strengthens all 

 wines with which it is mixed 3 making them fiery, and helping to 

 preserve them. 



16. THE GOUAIS. 



Le Gouais. 



Two Itinds of grape bear the name of Gouais or Gouest ; one is a 

 white grape, vulgarly called Verdin blanc, Marmot, and MouUlet; the 

 other blue, called Gros plant or Plant de Vigneron, Complant de lune, 

 Gros Tressant ; both are excellent for wine. The cluster is very 

 large, thick and long ; the berries either roundish, or oblong; moist, 

 yielding, more green than yellow, rather tasteless and insipid, but al- 

 most the whole berry dissolves to clear juice. This abundance of 



