The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-23
The VINEYARDS of Los Angeles.

The Southern correspondent of the S. F.
Bulletin furnishes the following interesting
particulars
The town Of Los Angeles having been so Of
ten pictured, shall not attempt description
of its abode houses and heterogeneous popula-
ton. 1t is a very thriving place apparently
When passed through it there seemed to be
8 great many people stirring round and for
country town, it is one of The hveliest l have
seen in the State. Wishing TO see the famed
vineyards of the place, two days were devoted
to cursory examination of them. The first
that visited was that Of Messrs. Sansevain.
AT present they are very busy making wine,
but upon asking permission, | was allowed TO
walk all over their place, examine and eat Of
the fruit, drink of the rich juice running out
from the presses, and take notes generally. As
they were very busy, / could not obtain the
information desired respecting the number OF
vines they have bearing, or the amount of wine
they expect to make this season. Everything
looks thrifty about their place. They can sit
down under their own vine and fig tree, while
the orange and the lemon breathe around them
their soit perfume MIR. w WoIlskill has also
splendid vineyard and orchard. He has abou.
sixty thousand bearing vines and peach, ap-
pie, pear, orange, fig and English walnut trees
in numbers that could not ascertain as he
hardly knew himself This year he is not
making any wine himself Messrs. Koher x
Froeing, OF San Francisco, are making wine
from his grapes, giving him forty cents per gal
Ion, 1t is estimated the vines will average
twelve pounds of grapes each. As twelve
pounds of grapes make gallon of wine, you
can soon estimate the income derived from
vineyard like his, when his wine is made by
other parties. Were he to make the wine HIM
self, he would realize full one third more.
Captain Porter OF San Francisco was at this
place packing away the best of Wolfskll's
grapes in boxes, to send to New York by way
of experiment. The boxes were made in San
Francisco, with three compartments or Shelves
so that each layer of grapes shall not press
upon the one beneath. The grapes are then
laid down in sawdust, boxed up tight and are
ready for shipment. / have no idea that grapes
can be sent to New Y York from this State at
the present rates of transportation with any
profit to the shipper, though the captain is
sangulne of success, | hope he may succeed in
getting them to New Y ork safely, as it may
enure TO the advantage of this portion of the
state by inducing capitalists to invest money
in vineyards and wine presses. 1t is the surest
investment Of labor or capital one can make
/ here is scarcely any fail to it. The atten-
tion Of the people in this section OF the State Is
now turned in the right channel. Almost
every one that has good vineyard land capa-
BILE of irrigation is setting out vines. There Is
no danger of overstocking the wine market,
for from the time of Noah-I don't mean
Mordecal M.-down to the present day, good
wine has always found consumers; and the
supply in California can never be greater than
the consumption here, and elsewhere within
our means OF expectation.