Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-04-22


II Is nov rendered certain that Ca ifornia i
not to valued oRly for her gold, Her agri
cultural products. aud her vine growing, com
mand as great attention ss her mines; they
are more certain source Of veal h. staiis,ic'
prove that California Is the LARGEST wine>pro
dnciug State in the Union, aud is perhaps
better adapted to the grape culture than an,
rrRioo Of the New World Iu the year 1858
there were 3 Q5l 5t5 vines in the State, $50
600 Of which were iu the county Of Los Angelos
$4,000 in the county Of Sacfamcnto, 5l3 900 in
the county Of Santa Clara, IS 900 in the county
Of Alarredo, aud smaller numbers in other
counties. The increase 10 the number Of vines
durng the year 1859, was n per cent The
vintage Of 1857 was $4,000 gallons Of vine,
aod 10000 gallons Of brandy. The county Of
Los Angeles, alone, pro ldced $50 600 gallons
Of vine IN 1858. The average yield Of each
vine y fooreen pounds Of grapes, which, whed
pfessed, afford one gallon Of vine, worth one
dollar. The business Of grape growing is one
TO which the Cailfornia farmers are every sue
ceeding year turning more attention. Even
now, wine i, so abundant, that the common
qualities. much better than the adulteraird
Claret Sherry, Madeira. DC. imported into (or
rather concocted in) this county. can be had at
San Francisco fJr : gallon. The quality Of
good, pure brandy. too, is annually increasing.
Asa fruit region, California is almost Para
disc, Whose mouth does not grow walcry at
the following inventory of its horticultural
products, which we take from the Nafioaal.
1--WE have reared the f. tree; and at the coun
~ fair OF Santa Clsra county, three were ex
hloited' OF The produce of that county alone;
sixty varieties OF apples, pears and grapes -
Peaches also were exhibited, and plums, pome.
granates, ounces, oranges. neetarines son and
hard shell almonds, walnuts, and white. blue
and black figs. and all grown Ia the open air.
except the oranges. There were apples meas /
nriDg 81 inches in diameter aud weighing two
pounds each; pears ~ inches in diameter f4r<
inches in circumference; ounces Az inches In
diameter 10 inches in circumferenS-; peachc.
81 lnehes IN diameter and 10 inches In cir
cumiereucei grape vines two years old from the
graft, bearing one hundred pounds of Black
hamburg grapes. SO much for single county.
The capacity Of such a county AZ Los An
gelos, for iruit growing, is almost boundless -
Nothing bat enterprise and science are required
and these have butto wait on nature She is
ready to do her part The olive, too, will grow
there IN abundance as has been proved by ex
pertinent No finer climate for fruit has any
spot on earth. The grapes Of Los Angeles,
Whlch abounded in the market Of San Fran
cisco. during the last season, astouishpd even
Italians by their size and superior flavor. From
that county we have lemons, oranges, olives,
apples, aprieots, aloes, figs, nectarines, plums,
pears, peaches, pomegranaies, pine apples
ounces, raspberries and waluuis 1t is an ex
pnrler OF wine, brandy, corn hides, wolf and
SAT- Have the strawberries SO abundant an
nuaily in our markets. ever been excelled in
any portion Of the countryY' I
OF the grain product, the Nitioaql says in
the year 1883 were raised 3 3,56s .569 bushels of
wheat on $50 .IGI acres OF land, averaging t9a5