Article Nº 3789 Cultivated variety Vol. III · pp. 716–719
Terrantez tinto
Description of the red Terrantez grape variety, grown near Funchal and on Porto Santo for prized table grapes.
Leaves downy on the lower surface, rarely perfectly glabrous on the upper, with the 3 upper lobes visible or barely outlined; teeth very unequal and almost always rounded; petiolar sinus closed or slightly open; bunch generally winged, with red, large, oval or subglobose, firm berries; pedicels violet at the top. Mature leaves often reddish. – It is grown in some places around Funchal and on Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’). It produces highly prized table grapes.
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