Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-29
AGRICULTURAL.
Excellanf Wilma

Press one bushel of the common wild
grapes take the juice oil and mix the resi-
due with a solution of 6 pounds white sugar
in 3 gallons of water. 10y well stirring up,
and let stand over night. Then press again,
and treat the residue with four and half
pounds of sugar in gallons of water, in the
same way as before and this operation you
may repeat once more. The original juice
of the grapes should then bc mixed with the
other liquids. obtained by pressing, and the
whole allowed to undergo the alcoholic or
ViuOus fermentation. which operation VIII
I've finished in from three to seven days, ac-
Cording to the outside temperature, which,
notwithstanding. should never surpass p
tjrgrrcs Reaumur. After this proccss--that
is after the transformation of most of the
sugar into alcohol. and after the formation
OF carbOnic acid is ceaSing--thc wine Is
ready for use BY filing the liquids into
barrel or for fermentation, according to the
quantity, take the prccautlon to see that the
vessel whose opening must lie Us small us
possible to keep most of the oxygen OF the
nir off he nearly full with the liquids, and If
not so. ill il so far witha solution ot pound
white sugar i'll quart of water. lhls VINE
is of beautiful ruby color, very agreeable,
not too acid, and slightly astrngcnt taste,
and contains between and per cent. aico-
hol If you want t. give t. it more flavor,
the sc-callcd rllinc-winr bouquet. let small
quantity of tho dry vine blossoms fcrment
simultaneously with the Above spoken of
iuises. The reason thai further extract the
once pressed grapes with Sugar-wntcr. is TO
exhaust the grapes of tHcir tartar. Culoring
matter etc. and also because the American
crane contains too much Of heterogeneous
substance. which in the original juice would
not entirely dc,onpo-r, It icing too ccnccn
t,ajrd. Int thu, keep on a .nnr' or less cou
.riuuous i,Imcntation and finally COn\ crt thI
wine into Vinegar.
This wine can recommend as entirely
harmless in it. nature ao ! administered it
according to circumstances. to many of m,
patients and Is far preferable in cutancoC
Diseases by children, where we need a goo,
diet, to the so-cal!ed OFT and other wines
which are very seldom genuine hut NOR
commonly audultcratcd. l'E. II. ST.
Present Eints.
As soon as the ound is in iit condition
the .ityordgax beds shouid hg put in order
The top-drc' sing of last autumn, after reno
ing the coarse portion O. il, should bt care
fully turned in with a tolh, hut not To-
deeply, or tlNcrowi of the root, may j.
injured: then rake evenly, puiveri~irg tn
soil as finely is possible
Gropr vines. Rqpt3pY caHrs. &c. la
. DOM in the autumn. shouid not h, tall"n It
before the first Of Aprii. Their continuanc
under cover retarls the buds. and henC
saves them many nip from the frost.
S',1~l0yV beds Should have the w!ntc
protection removed. and thoroughly dr"-scC
The surplus plants should be taken up. all
irnnt wanted TO transplant, can be sold c
given away.
Warm lordcrS can NOW lr prepared an
some Early Peas Onions, Lettuce &c, pr
in
The Garden, general. At tlis porioC
should have thorough clearing up afd IL
stuff burned. Manure should bc hauled il
and tte G, neral cultivation gone On with
the beds may he needed.
There is no time 10 los" in securing Graf
apples, pears ard puns Itis true ,!.at
good hand ut grafting can make almost al
of these grow up 10 the middle Of June.
There is nothing that will rcsuScitatc o
gardens so quickly and lastingly as lin
applied at the rate of not less than a hundrC
bushels to the acre. 1t should not be dl
in, hut spread over the soil after digging al
rakei in
In whitcwasing grape trclliscs and gral
houses, mix with the whitcwash -four Of ST
phur in quality SO as not to effect the colo
There is nothing better to drive away insect
--TGermantOwn telegraph.