Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-02-09
OtuuilIe DaiIq 4utte RetorG.
The Culture Of the Grape in the United
States.

rapidly as possible, are developing the
resources Of the country, in every de-
partment, and in none more than in
the agricultural and hertic ultural.
TO Mr.. Longworth, Of Cincinnati,
remarks the n. Y. AewS, the country
is indebted for series of costly, pa
tient and laborious experiments in the
manufacturing OF wine from grapes
grown on the soil Of Ohio, and the re-
suit of a test Of five years or more, has
been, that all the sparkling and still
wires which the continent o. Europe
has sent to us, can be produced here,
as good, and cheaper than the import
ed, when The business has hcen 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 i'll 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 tail, through
a knowledge Of the secrets Of the SCI
cnce, the little particulars, 10y one Of
them, and but partial understanding
of the process by the other. Yet all
the details, and all the competency to
produce grapes and wine, climate per-
uniting, can be arrived at here by stu
.dy, and it is a 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 Ight
,earncstncss which will result in success.
The county Of Whitfield has been ex-
perimeniing for two years on the Ca
tawba, an excellent wine grape; and
at a meeting lately held at Dalton,
report was made of the examination of
the yinyards Of Messrs. T.. w Green,
James Green, and L +. Wilson, which
was highly satisfactory, speaking well
not only Tor the character of the eli
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 were put IN the earth IN
February, 1854, and in August, 1896,
they show the average of forty hand
some bunehts Of good sized grapes to
each vine. Mr.. Charles ASt, Il skill
full vine grower, has had the expert
ment under his charge. About nine
acres in all were examined. and the
committee, as well they might be, are
highly delighted with the report, SO
favorable in all particulars. Apropos-
nj has been made to organize Vine
Growers Association for the State OF
Georcia, and Hon. Mark y. Cooper,
Col. Benz. Il. Green, and John B Beck,
ESD, were appointed committee to
draft Constitution, to be presented
at n 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 character proper for
wine.making, the produce will be at.
tempted. There is no doub, OF the
fact that the introduction of pure wine
TO all classes, and especially to those
who are abusing their systems by the
lniudicious use of bad, poisonous com
pounds, under various foreign names,
would be a great blessing, and do more
TO eradicate the Incorporate use OF
strong, heating, heavy drinks, which
has become almost a national disease,
than all the laws or restrictions which
legislature could pass, backed up by
loudly expressed public opinion.
Pure VINE, aud 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-
tons, as they now exist, of question.
able character, unless of IA high price,
would be physically and morally bene,
ftea. Let vineya ards be planted, and