Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-27
Tho Grape Culture in this Vicinity
Its Profit aud Progress.

received the attention which the Importance
ofthe subject seems to demand. We pre-
sume that not one in twenty OF our rea'icrs
! have the slightest conception of the present
and prospective extent of the business aud
the immense profits which the labor yields.
| In a stroll up aud down the river recently,
along Bogg' and CaldwelIs Runs and else
where We have ascertained some facts which .
may interest the general reader, and encour-
! age an enterprise which has 80 far resulted
| in nothing but pleasure and profit to those
who have been fortunate enough to engage
/ in it.
To give something of an idea of the ex
! tent of the business. we have taken the
pains to note the principal vineyards within
AN area OF five miles of the city. Common
2. cling on the Ohio side above Martnsville, |
the first vineyard is that of John Van Pelt,
who has about two acres bearing. Next is
the vineyard Of SeyBolds, Schuhle, d Co.,
who have eighteen acres bearing and five
under cultivation. Scaggs & Co. come
next They have five acres bearing and two
or three 10 course of preparation.
DIR. q. Shughardt has two acres and in
tends putting out eight or ten more acressin
the spring. John H. Miller aud Mr.. Rice
, have three acres each, and the former is
| making preparations to increase his yield. -
. John Newland has eight acresand five more
A in course Of preparation Tor the reception
Y of young roots Mr.. McSwords has five or
. six acres bearing, and Samuel Black and
r. Mr. Alien have two each. Mr., Stewart
q has under cultivation, near Bridgeport, five
o acres.
Archibald Hutehison has about twenty
# five acres AT Putncy Bottom, the vines upon
:. which will bear next year Handlin, Ford
" aud Cowen have sixteen acres on Boggs
N Run, bearing. Fred. Schenck has five
It acres, and John H. Hubbard about the
u same.
- Geo. o. Caldwell has niue acres bearing,
N on Caldwell Run, and three more acres III
d course of preparation. John Amick has
!. three acres under cultivation.
,e On the east side Of Wheeling Hill is To-
Y Gated the vineyard Of Joseph Wickham.- -
lr IL contains about ten acres Ot vines, upon
Y. which a great deal Of care aud labor have
A. been bestowed, with the most encouraging
10 results.
lc In and about Fulton there are several
he small vineyards, including those of Lpuis
O. Bayha, Captain Schneider, Louis Orth.
n and Geo. Thompson, all OF which are doing
m well.
On the Island besides the vineyards Of
ID the M1,srs. Zane, occupying some six 0I
III seven acres, there are several smaller patch
n cs, such as those belonging to Messrs Johr
ID Morgan, Thos. Fiuk, Chas. Lave, and Jobr
r. Armstrong.
j. Ga the Virginia side Of the river, above
$, the city, large preparation, are also being
Sc made Thomas McUord, jesse Lantz AM
to DaniqIn larrs having determined on put
u ting oufwenty acres IN the Spring.
es Capt. Richard Crawford win plant from
ID. twenty five to thirty acres in the Spring ol
OF. the Ohio side, and James Snodgrass viii
C. put in about ivemore
About ,Ae little village Of Captina, be
IN IN low the civ. the inhabitants of which arr
W nearly all Germans, there are numbere,
=, = vineyards which have heretofore yielde,
'e well.
:. In this estimate we have doubtless ne
i, cessarily omitted to mention great man.
orl little patches and Vineyards the owners o
MI which design to go more extensively int
NJ the business in the Spring
IT. About one. fifth of the whole number o
nd acres above enumerated, is occupied by tn
de Isabella vincs the balance are Cuawba -
Ks The wine from the latter grape is almos
IN universally preferred, as it is nearly alway
he heavier and oil better favor.
nd Experience has taught those who wit
cy whom we have conyersed that limeston
Oh soil is the best, particularly where loos
lily soil is found beneath. Freestone soil is ais
nd good, and sandy gravelled soil with ric
st, supporting soil to hclp it, is equally we
Try adapted to the cultivation OF the grape
ew Tough, cold, clay soil will not do as it
necessary to have good and complet
rec drainage. In laying out the ground it
'th well to leave, undistulbed, any larger fla
he Il other stone that do not Interfere with th
INT preparation of the land, as it has been di
his covered that they draw the sun and thu
on assist materially towards maturing and r
are pening the grapes. In nearly all the win,
m. yards upon bottom lands, there is spuC
cir Of ten feet in width between the rows, an
yer the roots are planted five feet apart, an
upon the il-sides the rows are made wit
be u space OF eight feet between and the roo
mt four feet apart, \ new and most admire
rst bic plan, which has been successfully trie'
Ill viii hereafter be generally adopted. Tha
'od is to plant the roots, after the rows NJ
pa made in triangular forms, so that when ii
len vinesare growing. one will not shade anohe
'ill The Agricultural reports contain gre,
nes deal in regard to tho cultivation of I'll
IA, grape, but they recommend an entirely di
we lerent training from that which has bee
, OF found to he the most successful in our sol
and the consequence is that those elabora
re, reports are not in much favor with our VIII
sen growers.
Dy In ordinary seasons an acre of ground W
on produce from three to four hundred gallon
OF of wine, and in good seasons trom,tour to $
So hundred, the profit arising from which
the far more than can be, realized from an ac
u.s. OF ground otherwise occupied. The win
DC raised here ure 20 per cent heavier, al
ole ought therefore TO be worth 25 per ecu
ger more, than the famous Cincinnati wines.
cd Seybold, Schuhle Il Co., had the large
ior yield Of wine this year, 4030 gallons, s. 10
last which was Catawba aud 2 10 of Isabella.
om They also have a new kind of grape call,
-, the Virginia Seeding from which thoy ha
we produced, about five gallons of wine wh
ies is equal, il not superior, to any French Pc
u wine. This is cultivated wild grape
APPS The above named persons have also va
ago ETY. OF new wild grapes on trial and und
,m' cultivation, and in order to produeea be
Ia tor table and wine grape, they have sent
sac Germany for many of the best kinds
we seeds which they intend to plant in t