Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-06-21
Vineyards.

At picnic the other day, we hcaai some gen.
tlemen talking about the grape, and its treatment
and cultivation. They Diseased, With great va
-icty Of opinion, the propriciy and bsst mode OF
shelterirg tho grape from o&ccssiye moisture. We
know ve:y little about this matter, but the con-
paid to famous vineyard in the Saxon S"itzcr-
land. This Was Tie vineyard Of the Baron Won
hlrenslobep, lying on the banks Of tho Eibe, in
the-Bohemian Mountains; it was small in eYtenh
but noted throughout SaxOny for its magnificent
grapes ami superior white wine. We will give
only one Incident uf our vist. It was in July,
and when We arrival at the vineyard, five o'clock
iu the aftcrnopn, sc found seventeen peasant wo-
lpen aud children encnsiug the finest and largest
bunches of grapes in i"gs. These bags were
made Of u hemp netting, stronger, and With finer
mcshts, than our mosquito netting. The number
Of bunchcs thus encase,! awounled toFboI; half
On The vines, stocks, as ilicy are there called
This 1as dsne every day throughout the season; !;
the bags being put on at i've in the afternoon and
retnov.L ut nine ar in the forenoon. Nothing
is eonmonSr in Germnn cities than to SEQ vines
trained against tho walls OF houses, and the
bunches Of grapes hanging t'icrefrom, enveloped
! in bags.
And speaking Of Vineyards, it is astonishing
VIVA: pains arc taken in sen,c parts Of the world
to make garic.a cut Of desert or sterile will
dcrncss The enterprise of the Druscs of Mount
Lebanon, in the Hoy Lana with their terraces
yielding the richest Horticultural productions,
and buils.ewith almost supsrhuman labor, on the
sides Of precipitous cliffs, is.wel known to many
of our readers. a similar course of proceeding
is witnessed in some parts of the valley of the
Rhiuu.
The whole distance from Cologne 10 Maycnce,
one hundred miles, the banks of the Rhine rise
on or near tse margin Of the river, and extend
with more or less slope, to the leigh, of from
FIVE hundred to thousand feet. Tho banks
present every variety Of beautiful and sublime
sconcry-picturesqu rocks, lofty crags, romantic
roads, timc-worn castles, villages and ruirs. But
nothing, in the summer, strikes the eye with
more pleasure than the Vineyards, as they lie
along upon the sloping hanks, extending IA far
up ALMOST rs tho oyo cnn reach. 70 make tho
spots of ground a6.ong the rocks valablS fur Uul-
turc. much hard labor aad expense nave been
necessary. Walls of more or less height on the
dcclivihcs hayo been built. The dirt from tic
upper part has been brought down, and fields,
gently sloping, haro thus been crcatod In this
MANNER every spot of ground has been brought
under cultivation.
These vineyards are nothing mere than q sue
cession of terraces extending from tho river to
the summit Of the hills. In some places more
than twenty terraces can BIO counted rising one
above the other. To reach many of these plats,
the vine-dressers female as well as male, must
scale the prceipccs, carrying upon their shoulders
dirt ana manure for the growth Of tbs vine; and
ns yuu glide down the river, you see them at
work IN the fields, AWAY up OH the uountains,
resembling in the distance birds of prey.
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