New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-11
NEW TRACKS ON OLD ROADS
TIT CULTURE lOr rHR GRAPE
CORRESPONDENCE u The y Y Tribune

noted vineyards OF Germany. suboln iew
facts that may tc OF interest 10 some Of ogr
Western readers The sr,pe i no. indigenous
here. bu, : SAID 20 have oeen introduced hvae
Emperor Probus SO early rs the thira ccnsuu.
Another story runs that Charlemasac. looking
out one spune-ja' from the windows ct his
palace az Ingc.heim. Oae site - now occupied
by mutholcS ana dung heaps. and grayc.ari)
saw that thc snow melted FIRST on 'he hll1
Rudesh,iy. which rise, from the Opposite baak
of the Rhine Forthwith he ortcfed ihc Orleans
grape 20 be ,ransnlanted there and there 1t still
grows producing the famous Rute,hemer.
although the Hics'ng grape. Q variety With
smaller berry than the Orleans. i taxing rs
place here and elsewhere m the Rhemgv,
which IS the most favored VINE district IN Ger.
many. The Stcuberg. originally planted by the
monks of Eberhach. and now owned by Duke Of
Nassau JohaunlSberg. the property oi Prince
Mc,tcruich. and lattery ENJOYING that gentle
mans personal attention Rudeshem and lioch.
helm. and other valuable VINEYARDS. cover the
rieh, bank of thc Rhine almost continually, iron
below Bmgcn 90 Mayesce Here, TOO. tine most
approved method of culture is pracrccd The
Rude,hemberg. above mentioned. Is a model OF
awIne-moun,. II is tour hundred morgeas m ~.
tent. 90 che rate of 10000 square feet to the
,norg,n It's smooth terrace walls give It iroa
the opposite bank the appearance OF an immense
toruhcatlon. \ single morgen contains on
allowance of about nne square leet 70 each
stock .. $50 stocks. aud yields according to soll.
situation and season. from one hundred ami
forty 60 three hundred and fifty gallons OF VINE.
/ \ vine begins 20 yield frult IN ITS fourth year,
and may continue bearing for twenty five or may
/ years The main stock Is not allowed To grow
more than five ieet high. The young shoots are
tied to stakes, 50 that, at = little distance
vineyard. IN spite of al that has been sand and
sung thereanent. looks no better than field Of
/ low pole beans. and It Is only because that
Pythagorean vegetable Is not 80 inspiring
the luice OF the grape. that bean vines are noln
grateful to The eve grape vines.
The labor Of cultivation, though greater
the hill sides than n the PLAIN vineyards, ls.a
either case more than Is requisite for gram Land.
/, must all be done by hand and what with Keep.
lns the ground IN night condition, and repeated
pruning at different stages of growth and hM
yestlng, there Is no end 90 the work from eary
Spungtlll late Autumn. II must too, be performed
az we'll In bad year A. good Ater all Is donf,
the remuneration depends mainly upon The
weather Some vineyards with pecullarlyis'
yorable soll and exposure. yielding high priced
vines average handsome yearly pfoht. Bu!
such, am assured, are the exceptions. good
season cannot be- calculated on oiener ths
once 10 four years az best The best wines Il
this country speaking always of RhenIsh wnesD
are OF ls29,-rarely seen except on hotel lists
and n advertisements OF 1885 and 81 nett
comes the famous harvest Of q IN ~ '@
quality was good, but the yield small 20 gave
the largest quantity and best quality SINCE 1884.
OF the rare wines OF 1873, 1874 and 1871, very
httle Is lett except their reputation.
On some soils, and with certain varieties Of
grape, the gathering begins IN Oclooef Ia lhs
Rhengsu II Is deferred when the season admits,
TIL November and till the grape IS oso.nP'.
There are three gatherings here. The hfsl, d
those grapes earliest ripe, yields richer, higher
favored drink than the others Common llgts
wines mature IN one year, the MOsel vines 10 tour
or tive years Tia. best Rhine wines require
twice thar time TO come 70 perfection Red
vines matsre sooner than the white the hnes'
Of them 30 not improve alter the nth wear Inc
whlte wines, which are much the sOst cOmmOa,
may be- kept for a long time when they acquHs
a darker color. soursh taste and a hn
aromatic favor Bot as the Price does not o.
crease III proportion with years modern des'
ers very rarely have wines u the age 70 which
they were kept III the old monastenes There
are 80 many causes 10 affect the quality Of vine,
that the name on the hask, when u honestly Be.
longs, here, has little meaning Prince hetencD
for instance. As J read IA good German AUTHORITY
makes three grades, which, a. ! undefslaM
ny author apply only to good sIn,ages thereto
ing other kinds still IN the bad years. Johinnsi
berg, Of tae first grade, costs eleven hona'
flask, Of the third two and half forms anon
may drink real Johannisberg poorer than Ih''
Very dnnkable, pure table vine IS 20 be hSs '''
from twenty 70 fifty cents FLASK al enofhV''
amount Is guzzled from schoppen (big ga''e"
around the Gasthoi tables al cheaper fa'''
1t should be remembered that this Is igh' hs''
erage. have seen bat very few cases 81 ih'oi
lcation In France or Gemsny-fewef man ~
America In 1885 the Duke Of Nassau, gen'Is'
tleman who draws an Importan, part Of hs T"
come from selling wine and. licensing gaming
tables, sold large amount Of vine at saenOH,
mostly Of the choices, brands one casa
Sielnberger from the year l522, brought o'N
9 400, IL contained about 100 gallons IL
owners Of small vineyards, OF which there az
many, cannot afford to keep their VINE but 81
they must. or the grapes themselves, to "sS'
Their dealers. H. a bad season, however ~
almost worthless. This year the Spring was
late one, so that three weeks ago the hsg'sn"
Of the blows was still perceptIble when pas''-
by the vineyards. The grapes have " set "p
full, but the month Of July has been for ~