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OLIVES, VINES, AND CORN 



33. To K>jfy*f* T ° u pctSitcoXoyov, like the last, but firmer, and of a red 

 colour. 



34. Moo-xetTo tvis Actpt<r<rvic t a large white grape of a sweet musky 

 flavour, esteemed as a table fruit. 



35. ITsTpojdopufle, a red grape which keeps well, and is the last 

 gathered ; its name is probably derived from its hardness. 



36. Pef<we<a, a red grape of two sorts, one oblong, the other 

 round. 



37. Po&pot xo-Trpct, a white grape ; the sort cultivated in Smyrna for 

 exportation under the name of Smyrna raisins. 



38. 'ETTTazotXog, much esteemed for the table ; the vine continues to 

 ripen its fruit through the autumn. In marriage ceremonies the 

 stem of this vine is selected for the matrimonial crown, and care is 

 taken to choose a rod of it that has forty knots or nodi, ko^ttoi ; this 

 is indicative of the proliferous quality of the grape, which is to be 

 communicated to the bride. 



39. To a-TotipvXt t?£ 'lepouo-aAaft, a black grape that preserves well ; 

 has a hard seed, and a very large fruit; it is so called from its 

 supposed resemblance to the grape found by the Jews in the land of 

 promise. 



Vitis Corinthiaca Zra(p\jXoc ; a small black grape ; the famous 

 Corinthian grape, is the principal produce of the island, the quantity 

 produced may be computed at six millions of pounds ; sometimes 

 at more. They are sold by a thousand weight ; the price at present 

 is eighteen sequins of Venice ; and the total produce is estimated at 

 54,0001. sterling. This is the most important object of cultivation 

 in the island. The vine continues to produce for a very long 

 period. The quantity of fruit in Cephallonia amounts to three 

 millions and a half of pounds ; in Ithaca to half a million ; in 

 Turkey to six millions. The places, in Turkey, where the fruit 

 grows are, in the Morea, at Patras, Vostizza, Xylocastro, Camari ; in 

 Romelia, at Lepanto, Messalungia, Natolico. Of the whole produce 



