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The great deficiency in these wines, independent of the flavor, which chiefly originates, not from the juice, but from the seeds and husks of the fruits, are the excess of acid.

  1. and husks of the fruits, are the excess of acid

  2. and the husks of the fruits, is the excess of the acid

  3. and the husks of the fruit, are the excess of acid

  4. and husk of the fruit, is the excess of acid

  5. and husks of the fruits, is the excess of acid
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Explanation

This option corrects the error of subject-verb mismatch. It uses singular verb for singular subject (the great deficiency; 'is' the excess of acid).

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