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* Malbeck Noir or Cot of Bordeaux.— Bunches medium, rather 
loose; berries round, black; foot-stalli red, hence the name of " Ee<} 
Cot," given to this variety; productive. Early. 
* Serine. — Bunches long; berries oval, rather loosely sot, black; 
productive. Makes a very good wine. 
" Chaiiche Soir or Poitoii Piiieaii.— Bunches medium; berries 
medium, roundish, inclining to oval; deep black; heavy bearer. 
Medium. 
* Alcantiue de Florence.— Much esteemed in Tuscany, Italy. 
Black. 
* Gros Rouge. — One of the heaviest bearers; makes only an ordin- 
ary wine. 
Ziiifandel . — Bunches long, cylindric, and shouldered, rather thickly 
set; berries medium large, inclining to oval; black, very heavy bearer. 
Late. Makes a good ordinary wine. An addition of 10 to 12 per cent, 
of Carmenet of Medoc to the must gives Zinfaudel vine the bouquet 
that it is much deficient with. 
* Piiieau (jiris. — Bunches medium ; berries thickly set, sweet and 
juicy; giay, or rather the color of dead leaves. Productive. 
* Piueau Blanc. — Bunches small; berries small, inclining to oval, 
golden yellow with brown dots; shy bearer. Early. Makes the well 
known white wine of Burgundy. 
SauTiguon. — Bunches medium large; berries medium, roundish,, 
juicy; peculiar, perfumed flavor; productive; white. Medium. Short 
pruning. Makes the well known white wine of Sauterne blended with 
S^millon, half of each. 
* Seniillon. — Bunches medium; berries medium, round; fine and 
perfumed flavor. Medium. 
Folle Blanche. — Bunches -very abundant, berries medium, round, 
thickly set; flavorless; white; heavy bearer. Medium. Makes the 
famous brandy of Cognac. 
* Clairette Blanche. — An old and esteemed variety. Bunches long, 
shouldered; berries oblong, firm, transparent; good flavor; abundaufr 
bearer. Medium late. Makes a wine of good quality. 
To all those regular wine varieties, may be added those other ones as 
good for wine as for table, and described under the head of "Table 
Grapes," viz: Chasselas Boyal Red, Blue of Windsor, Black Blussard, 
Black Prince, Dolcetto Nero, Black Aspiran, Caserno Noir, Ulliade„ 
Black Foulsard, Black Hamburg and others. 
American Varieties. 
Catawba. — Vigorous grower; very productive. Late. 
Champion. — Bunches medium; berries medium; highly flavored^ 
deep black. Very early, as early as the earliest Chasselas. 
Note. — As we have taken for a rule not to sell any plants or cuttings 
of any varieties before they have born* with us, so that we could guar- 
antee each variety to correspond with the description we herewith give; 
we will, therefore, decline to sell, for this season at least, plants or 
cuttings of all varieties marked with an asterisk (*), whether we have 
plants or cuttings to spare of such varieties. 
