THE TECHNOLOGIST. lAro. 1, 1805. 
40 ITALIAN EXHIBITS AT 
tion to the study of the particular variety of vines for which the soil is 
best adapted. The Marengo wine made with Bordeaux vines, the 
Neretto Cortese and Malmsey were most approved of at the Turin 
Exhibition of 1864. 
" Francesco Varvello purchases grapes grown in the province of 
Alexandria as well as in the Langhe and in that of Colli, He stands first 
in importance of all manufacturers in the kingdom as regards quantity ; 
his wine has received prizes at nearly all the exhibitions lately held. 
" Chev. Luigi Oudart has large stores in Genoa, though he makes 
his wine at Neive in the Langhe (Coni), where he purchases the grapes. 
The collection of this manufacturer was considered equal to that of any 
other represented at the Turin Exhibition of 1864. The grapes he 
employs for the red wines are Nebbiolo, Nerano, and Barbera, and for 
the white, Malvasia, Cortese, and Ptgnolo — all indigenous. With these 
he manufactures numerous kinds of excellent wine. 
"The wines of the other sixteen manufacturers were also much 
approved of at the Turin wine exhibition, both for their taste and 
wholesomeness. Some of these may be regarded as types of special 
cultivation, and could they once be made known, would find general 
favour abroad, especially the white Muscat from Cassiene, the Vesuvian 
Lagrima. and the Nebbiolo from various localities." 
Centerba is a kind of liqueur which is produced to the extent of 
several thousand bottles by Benjamin Toro and Son. The strong 
centerba is an excellent stomachic, and besides its medicinal properties 
when taken inwardly, is very useful applied externally for cuts and 
wounds. The mild kind is a delicious liqueur. Both are distilled from 
aromatic herbs growing on the Majella mountains, a spur of the 
Appenines facing the Adriatic, and in the province of Abruzzo 
Citeriore. 
There is a very fine display of Italian grown cotton, and great pro- 
gress has been made in this culture in the last few years. Formerty, 
Italy produced a good quantity of cotton. In 1 859, attention was again 
given to the production, and the yield that year was of the value of 
fifty million francs. In 1864, the production reached 302 million 
francs. There are about eighteen exhibitors of cotton. The Baron 
Donnafugata shows seven kinds of cotton in the pod and cleaned, grown 
on'his estate Passotalo, Eagusa. The Baron Eicasoli shows raw Siamese 
cotton, of which he cultivated thirty- seven acres in 1864. The Marquis 
Eudini is probably the most extensive cotton grower in the whole of 
Italy, having devoted last year no less than 930 acres to its cultivation. 
The cotton of this exhibitor w r as grown at Pachino. It is the variety 
generally known as Siamese cotton, the seeds of which originally came 
from Malta at the beginning of the present century, since which time 
the plant has been acclimatised in Sicily. 
The soil at Pachino is volcanic and clayey, partly calcareous and 
partly alluvial. 
