Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-02-14
The Culture Of the Grape the Tnitedin
States.

1t will not be many years before
wine making, and general American
wine drinking will be one of the habits
of the great American people, who, as
rapidly as possible, are developing The
resources of the country, in every de-
partment, and in none more than In
the agricultural and hortic nltural
TO Mr.. Longworth, of Cincinnati.
remarks the N. Y Nescs,~ the couatry
is indebted for series of costly, pa
tient and laborious experiments in the
of wine from grapes
grown on the soil of Ohio, and the re-
suit of test of FIVE years or more, has
been, that all the sparkling and still
wires which the continent of Europe
has sent to us, can be produced here,
as good, and cheaper than the import
ed, when The business has heen fairly
started, and the process, in all its de-
tails, familiar with those embarked in
it. Wine making and vineyard culture
are arts to be learned by practice. No
kind of printed or written system can
be laid down SO much depends upon
atmospherical influence, that in grape
raising, and the fermentation of its
juices, two men may work side by side,
on the same soil, and in the same
grape pressing locality, and one will be
successful and the other fail, through
a knowledge of the secrets of the sci
ence, the little particulars, by one of
them, and but a partial understanding
of the process by the other. Yet all
the details, and all the competency to
produce grapes and wine, climate per-
mitting, can be arrived at here By stu
dy, and it is matter of congratulation
that the portion of our country suited
to wine making and grape growing, is
awakening to the subject.
We see that the State of Georgia is
looking into the matter with right
earnestness which will result in success.
The county of Whitfield has been ex-
for two years on the Ca
tawb ba, an excellent wine grape; and
at meeting lately held at Dalton, a
report was made of the examination OF
the vinyards of Messrs. Il. W Green,
James Green, and L E. Wilson, which
was highly satisfactory, speaking well
not only tor the character of the cli-
mate, as favorable to this grape, but
also as regards the culture of the fruits,
by the gentlemen who have made an
effort to practically test the matter.
The plants we're put in the earth in
February, 1854, and in August, 1856,
they show the average of forty hand
some bunehes Of good sized grapes to
each vine. Mr.. Charles Axt, a skill
full vine-grower, has had the expert
ment under his charge. About nine
acres in all were examined, and the
as well they might be, are
highly delighted with the report, SO
favorable in all particulars. A propos-
al has been made to organize Vine
Gro wers' Association for the State of
Georgia, and Hon. Mark A. Cooper,
Col. Benz. E Green, and John B Beck,
Esq, were appointed committee to
draft IA Constitution, to be presented
at future meeting, which will be held
at Atlanta, on the week of the fair in
October.
It's to be hoped that all over the coun-
try, where grapes can be grown in the
open air, and of a character proper for
wine making, the produce will be at
There is no doubt of the
fact that the introduction of pure wine
to all classes, and especially to those
who are abusing their systems by the
lnjudicious use of bad, poisonous COM
pounds, under various foreign names,
would be great blessing, and do more
TO eradicate the incorporate use Of
strong, heating, heavy drinks, which
has become almost national disease.
than all the laws or restrictions which
a legislature could pass, backed up by
a loudly expressed public opinion.
Pure wine, and cheap wine at the same
time, to-day, would be national bles-
sing; for those who do not drink now,
would be no more likely to then, if
they had any scruples about the pro-
priety Of it; and those who do use
wine, brandy, and alcoholic prepara
tions, as they now exist, of a question
able character, unless of a high price,
would be physically and morally bene.
fted. Let vineyards be planted, and
a temperate and judicious use of wine
be made by the whole country, and we
shall be better. happier and healthier.
The Mems adds the following on
swine making"
There is mystery in wine-making,
and hence those who grow grapes in
plenty, hesitate about trying it, as they
would matter which involved too
much risk, and their labor likely to be
thrown away in the experiment. The
naodus operandi is within the means of
any family with good grapes in plenty
10 start with. Take fully ripe grapes,
gathered IN clear, dry weather, look
over them, and pick out all imperfect
and rotten berries, in clean, sweet
wooden trays or tubs mash the fruit
on the stems by hand, stir the whole
mass together in the tubs, and leave ii
for fermentation In few hours, buh-
bles will rise, and in twenty-four tc
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