New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-25


seemed TO reach away even 10 tne very horizon
They tell me the "corn" Is only used IN his
part iOr feed of cattle and SWINE out m the
South, as | alterw ARDS found, among tie Wal.
schs and Croals u is one ofthe great articles Of
diet. These prairie fields all look very neh and
; i!om their accounts must almost equal cur ccle-
brated Western Bottoms" They speak Of Wheat
crown for ten years IN the same he!ds. without
change OF crops or new manuung
The tax laid By the Austrian Government or
the Hungarian wheat -r4iscd. net exporled-is
about - per cent on us value. al the rate Of
sec. per kiebei. The export Of whea, from Hun
gary during these last few years has been fully
TWO millions end a hall Of ,n.,Asr, or some
5VoOOoWV los. yer annum o. Indian corn there
Is scarcely any amount of consequence EXPORT.
ed, but the quantity raised must be immense
have travelled for DAYS through what seemed one
endless field Of green nch. looking corn
If the day ever comes IN which Hungary lsan
lndCponden. State itiS from these neshaustlb.e
plains that VIII come the supplies OF grain for
manufacturing Europe. There would be no DIFF.
fculrv. Large rivers, railroads connecting with
Germany and Italy, q seaport on the Adriahc
they need nothing more, except enterprise Ia.
der American energy, or with tree government
of their own. they would be exporting 20 every
country of Europe.
Beside the crops shove mentioned, | could
see mingled among them everywhere The large
fields. yellow with the flower Of the rape plant.
planted for the sake % Its seed and the lape-oll.
This is already an important branch OF agucul.
ture and manufacture IN Hungary. Cilpresses
have been erected everywhere, and the export
Of the seed and oil ~ the years before the Rev.
outIon. amounted % nearly thirty millions ot
rounds per anEum. D. can be Sown rs late as
the ml,die Of June. and Is reaped from the nlc
dc of August on go thc boginnmgot October
Here, near the 1neiss, rs well rs IN other parts
Of Hungary. noticed Che clover Lucer8e ~ great
abundance IL seems - have altogether taken
tic place OF the req clover for feed, and they
say. does much better ~ the dry summers. Most
az the farmers have talked with say they can
cur II fur times year. using the hrSt crop for
hay. and The lest iol fresh fodder. Vas sur
priSed there. as have been everywhere N Hun.
vary. a. see the marked resemblance IN fruits
and products 10 our Middle States The peach,
cherry. curran,, ample and melon IN the gardens
the long fields Of oats wheat. tobacco and In
dian corn, with the buck~heat upen the hills
and the beans, peas and cucumbers about the
houses, INST as one might see IN riding m the IN
terror OF New-lore, OF IN the best counties OF
PENNSYLVANIA Ii ali ndIcateS-what indeed Is
the fact--a climate much resembling our own,
with like extremes of heat and cold
The only product which we DO not have IN
America in such abundance and which IN Hun-
gary stretches ont II long, green rows over the
FIELDS and freshens the hill sides and bare noun
glory OF Hungary IA the natural world, It's
choicest and most bOunuful product, are the va
reies OF grapes They cover the whole land,
aud the lowest Bauer has his vineyard Ana IN
no country OF Europe are such pure, delicious
vines made as here. There Is scarcely any VINE
Of note IN Europe but that Is drugged or con
slderaby strengthened 10y alcohol. This Is un-
known in Hungary, ard even the best I0kGy-
the most rare and costly wine IN the county
is pure lulce OF the grape. Water throughout
the Hungarian plain is bad and extremely hard
to get, so that may safely say more VINE is
drank through the malouty OF the population
than water have heard soldiers speak OF ire
quently being obliged, IN the campaign OF ~ and
40, TO boil Their be.t m p'ne. as no water was TO
be procured.
The common light wine of the country far SIT.
perlor TO any similar WINE IN Germany or France,
sells at about kreutzers g cents) a bottle The
number of varieties made here IS astOnlshingy
great amounting to nearly 30 from Hungary
alone and they themselves varying very consld-
erably IN taste and strength
The TokGy-well known by name III most 9th
er countries considered the choicest OF these.
II is made from a grape growing on hill at To
kay near the Upper Thesis, and rs prepared, |
understand, by gathering the very rpest OF the
grapes, left on the vines till they seem on the
very verge of roltlnS, then depositing them IN a
large vessel with a strainer, and leaving them to
press out their own lulce OF course, this first
extract amounts to but very little 1t Is collected,
however with the greatest care, and forms the
genuine extract" Of Tokay, a thick, pulpy,
golden. colorcd wine, sweet IN taste-thOughi ny
the knowing in such matters throughout eastern
Europe 10 be the best VINE made IN the world.
J. Is exceedingly expensive, even IN Hungary
After this is extracted, old wine is poured over
the grapes, and another extract OF Toaay Is
made, also a sweet VINE and very much valued.
The third extract Is made by mlngllng IN many
grapes not so fully ripe o. so carefully selected,
but still from the peculiar kind which grows on
the ridge OF the Carpathians In that district
The Tokay is seldom drank by the Hun
garlans freely, but is brought forth on es-
pecial occasions, when the Hungarian would
express his hospitality, and is taken IN
small glasses at the end OF the meal, ~ a rarity
or cordial 1t is much valued, too, by the physl
clans for its peculiar sanatiye properties. Of
the many other kinds OF wine In Hungary, the
most celebrated are the MsSner. considered near
ly equal to the Tokay, the Eriau red vine, the
Of,n and the Soniau, with several other wines
on the right bank of the Danube. There IS
Champagne" made here too, though not equal
TO the French it Is said II is curious that this
peculiar fertility Of Hungary IN wines was
known even IN the times Of the Roman Empire,
for il IS said that In the year 276, Roman En-
perOrgave orders for the cultvating oil one oil the
Slrmlan wine hills, Ia the southwestern part OF
Hungary, for the sake OF the very remarkable wine
Produced there The sourest and poorest kinds
OF grapes seem to grow generally on the plains.
the better and richer on the side-hils. The an
nual yield OF wine IN Hungary, IS reckoned, by
good statistical writer's, at about twenty -eight
millions of siDpey the siD.er holding rather more
than twelve gallons Yet, despite this immense
production despite the quality Of the wines
beng, beyond question, the purest and best IN
Europe. the export TO foreign countries has al.
ways been very slight indeed.
The Tokay is mostly bought up by Jews, who
carry II over the mountains TO Poland and Rus
STA, whence 1t finds It's way TO Prussia and Ger
yany.
There is an unlmportsnt trade, too, ~ this and
other wines to Austria, by the Danube-but "the
paternal legislation" Of Vienna has always ar
ranged it so that Hungarian wines could only be
exported under duty which would utterly rum