New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-28

essential 10 the horee. III dIutuTc hsiCio VIC su2
continue this subject BY examining, as far Is posi-
ble. what 10 the original blood Of the Morgan fam
| iIv. and thence endesvor to ASCERTAIN what new
strains il is desirable to introduce in order TO In
| fuse new yigor.
VINE CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES.
| Consspoudenoe Of The n. Y. Tribune
MISSOURI, Nov. S. 1857.
ynder the above heading, and above the Signature
of"A., Egypt, n. Y" contributor 10 THE TRIBUNE
in lie Weekly edition Of Oct B very properly coreets
an error as 10 grape.rsising IN this country. From
long practice aud exerfive experience, fully concur
with the writer in his opinion that there portions
"of land in every section of the United States better
adapted under proper trestnsnt TO vineyards than
"anythipg else" Iregret however, tha-so far as
the merits on vine culture Of Q certain class Of OR
population are oonoerned-the same writer's mind is
| either obfcured by truly Egyptian darkness, or
prtjudiced by still unspiable spirit OF know
notbir gsm He states two Of the many failures
in American vine culture up TO the present time viz:
attempting 10 cultivate foreign Varieties" and TO
"employ, and rely on the Judgment OF German vine
dressers who mast do their work choost so as they
{" did in Ch0rm0ny.'"
Having thus Characterized the Germans as q mass
of FOOLS not to be relied upon and incapable Of sound
Judgment, the writer leaves the whole Meter in the
hands Of the intelligent, full booded ABgloSaxon
"sultivaior."
When, many years ago, / took my habitsion in the
far West now and then discovered an English
grape panted 10 the house wall porch Of soma OF
ny neighbors of Apglo-Sa1on origin and sometimes
few crippled sour berries on the down hanging shoots,
hard to cave from the greedy onsrgs of half adosen
urcbins. The people, having more confdesee in me
than the Egg ptisn gs nemau deems the "Chsrnasns
worthy of, would generally be well pleased t, get me
TO trim their vince but Thea, seeing me out off about
three fourbs Of the whole wood and just what they
had considered the most valuable portion and leave
but few eyes 10 the nearly-ruined stock-I might
have Toasted my eyes, were l. as III naSired as my
Egyptian friend with the despair OF the poor people,
who thought ell their hopes for more grapes destroyed
forever but most sgreesbly disappointed m see.
ing ne 1t Spmme, vigorous aud sound vines shoot
out abupdanty laden with delicious fruit.
II lie quite natural and matter OF blame that the
mass OF our people who had oone hither from, or
whose ancestors had lived H. England, Scotland OF
Irt land he'd no knowledge anano idea Of "vine cu:
mmigrsed that branch Of industry a. all ought
Of OF attempted here. Errors were certainly com
mitted, ard are stil being committed. Experience
was TO be gained and coUbined before we could point
| to any saccess; but though with less perfect
selfsstsfacton than the Egyptian writer seems to be
posse Of and not undertaking. the laudsbe efforts
and merits Of any one must declare, without fearing
serious contradiction that without the judcious aed
t;ermsns IN this county there woul1 be nothing in
the United States in the line Of grapersising add wine
| making worth speaking Of. Aud this IL my set-of
against that gertlemsns sneer-too chesp sDser TO
| be Of any great effect.
Even Mr.. Lopgxorth would never have got name
a wine grower, had he never employed and relied
upon the Judgment Of German viDe-dresstrs.
The most essential principles Of the science and art
Of vine dressing and wnsnAking, gathered through
| many centuries sirce the time of Couuella, aad
brought 70 great perfection in own age, are the
| same throughout the whole world, and they no.
where better updsritood, carefully prsctcsd
than in the vine regions OF Germsoy; there, art and
care must in part make up for the deficiencies Of the
| TO particular varieties or to peculiar olimstc
| or felrrau circumstances, requires Indeed some
| sense and experience, but no such extraordinary
| degree Of ssgaeity as is atttana ole only by a
genuine native. Experience hiss already sho wu shat
the Cstawbs Black Cape and other varieties give the
largest yield and the best quality Of fur, when treated
the banks Of the Ohio very nearly in the sane an
| the Rhine ard Necker Near Cincinnati have seen
vres planted four by four feet Jus. in Europe with
the best success while in 1T in ID souri, five feet by
five Is the nearest our more productive soil viii as yet
| allow.
| Labor lie higher here than in Europe and grapes
may be raised here WI b less than half tbs work be.
slowed on them in the old world; but it is great
take 10 suppose that saving labor lie 9: the time
| increasing the harvest.
The Report of the Commissioner Of Pstents for 1856
| contains valuable article on Grapes and Vine,
which, however, does not IN sry pout materially differ
from an extract from any gooo German wine-book."
All the rules given have long been known to ADD prsc
tsed by German viDe-dfessers. The appended Gen
| eral Principles of Wine.mskipg' would, in my epin-
non, be yet more satisfactory they contained more
accurate, though abridged trsnslat on of DR.. Calls
celebrated works on artificial wine making snd wine
| SmehOrston.
| In the States Of Ohio Kentucky Indians, Til
nos and Missouri, perhsps % per cent Of the
actual vine-culture is N the hands OF Ger
mars or German Swiss. In and near the snail
| town Of Hermann, in Missouri, this year, about
100 COO gallons Of wine probably than the entire
yield of the State of New.York were raised exclu.
svey by them; and in the course Of few years m,re
they viii raise enough to make this country indeper-
dent OF the importation of foreign wines.
| would add that in our section of the country we
are successfully experimenting beside cultvs;ing the
Cafawbsl on the Herbemcnt, Concord, Nortons Seed
| Ing LeNoir. Missouri, Emily D,aDa Rebscca Ozs,k
and some other native varieties. Foreign varieties
may also be made valuable 70 this oounlry by raising
them here from the seed.
II is contrary to my inclinstou to make vine cul.
ture or thing else the subject Of national esouses
| or rhodomoptsde, or sneers; but what have said
may rot be quite uuin,eresrg 10 the reading public
| Mr.. I" A. from Egypt included. FAR WE.r.