The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-06-29
Grape Culture in the United states.

The FIRST largely successful experiment al wine naking
IN this couairy was al Cincinnati dsvelope only lew
years ago, chiefly under the auspices 81 MIR Nicholas
Long worth old and wealthy citizen OF Ohio, and enhu
siasucally devoted 10 The grape culture II has now
grown into business OF public Importance and large
private profit There twelve bundled in calf.
walton within circuit OF few miles round Cincinnati
The annual produce IS now about million and halt
OF bottles OF pure native wines equal 10 The hnet hooks,
champagnes, and red wines OF Germany and France.
Mr. Longworhs eaawba champagne Is The most generally
known al the East OF the Cincinnati vintage is popu.
laniy has steadily increased as 10 create demand
much beyond the ability OF Mr. l.. 10 supply and at this
no one who has tasted The wine be surprised
Messrs Corneau & Sons, of the Burnett House. Gin
cnna are among The largest dealers in the Ohio wines.
Specimens OF their extensive variety were exhibited IN
this city, lew evenings since, al Nblos private saloon.
and orders we presume, will be received by one OF the
partners now with Mr. Nblo His visit atods The press
favorable opportunity 10 call attention 10 most inter
estng branch Of rural industry and TO commend the ex-
ample OF Cincinnati TO such encouragement and imitation
throughout the country may ultimately make us for.
mdable rivals so far a, least as the wines consumedand
the amount is enormous-in the United States con-
cerned, OF the wine districts OF Europe There Is no good
reason why this should mol be So Many Of the varieties
of the grape are Indigenous to the country Inc vne-
clad hills that surround the Queen City of the West are
delightful TO look upon. They inspire poelical admira-
ton for the varied productions OF this happy land You
made feel thai in all that constitutes the picturesque
attraction and rural beauty Of Andalusia and the south
of France, shall soon have scenes SURPRISING them IN
natural grandeur and emulaing them in The production
and cultivation Of the gushing and generous grape and
that in the halle river of the West we have our own
Rhine and Moselle The vineyards around Cincinnati
surprisingly extensive for experiment it OF
yesterday. Some of them the line of railway APP
preaching the city from Columbus, Immediately on the
second bank OF the Ohio and drawing genial support
from The sunny Sou,b to which they exposed
Nearly the whole Southwest, we can scarcely doubt,
is capable OF producing the grape in perfection. The
Swiss settlements Indiana. and Swiss aud German in
East Tennessee have contemplated such experiments and
French colony in Alabama many years ago. made such
progress show that little was wanting in the climate
10 make the grape completely successful and acting on
these hints the subject has been revived. within year
or two, the district test OF native Wines from
Greene county, from two rival farmers, made few
weeks since Mobile, and both pronounced Of delicate
and delicious favor bordering the pure grape juice
productions OF Madeira.
The brief history OF the French colony referred TO is
quite romantic, shaded however, by melancholy remin
iscences. The grant OF land was made by the General
Land Office years after the treaty OF Vienna and
the general peace of Europe, TO OF Napoeon's 9th
GERS General Laour Denouettes, believe. and his
sociates in exile They gave TO the county, then organ
lied almost in wilderness Of and prairie, the
of Marengo, since become OF the richest cotton
growing districts of the South The colony embraced
number of highly accomplished French families. and every
appliance of comfort and elegance which could be trans
ported to their wild homes in Marengo brought to
the relief of hat little better than isolated solitude
But the change not congenal The rudeness OF the
land made the grape doubtful experiment The heads
of the colony began to sigh Tor France and "beaut
ful Paris" The settlement was broken up, the lands d-
vded aud the Marengn of 1850 exhibits few traces OF
the Marengo of ls2O.-Nsv York Times.