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 is, in fact, the foundation on which a successful cultivation of the vine, in New South Wales, must be raised; and a point which, if attended to in time, may save the expenditure of immense sums in a nugatory manner, and determine, not only the degree of success which may attend the cultivation of the vine, but in a great measure the expense at which that success must be purchased.

The following notice of the principal varieties of vines cultivated in France, is preceded by a table of the characters by which they are described. These are drawn from the leaves and fruit, as being less liable to change than some others, such as the distance of the knots, the colour of the bark, &tc. The leaf is always understood to be perfect, and of the largest size.

Each variety has a different name, in almost every province or district where it is cultivated.