The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-08

have yielded This year. Certainly, the
aggregate production never was 30
large. And this seems to have been
the case in other localities In me
East the heavy rsins iDtsrfsred with
lbs crop. but an The West the season
rs.ap average one we should suppose
from the reports Of shipments. 70: in
..su,s. grapes are quoted in Detroit H
i've and ten cents; in Chicago, on
Thursday last, at eight and fifteen
And the ssndusky lo.j RegLS@eT re-
marks .s follows upon the crop IN that
vicinity:
The grape season has really com
rneueed. We are Able 70 report Ghe fol-
lowing amounts Tecelved from the -
Lands and Peninsula for shipments thus
far this week: By the steamer Evening
star, 40, 90 pounds; 10y the steamer Cen
sral Grant, II 900; 70 which may be add
ID. at least, -. 900 pounds from vine
yards in this vicinity making totAl
OF lD4 90 pounds, or over - tons
Next week the amounts will be much
larger"
In New YORK the Tunes quotes the
market clover" under the liberal re
csipts, and the IT1Grne OF Saturday, in
its family market report, furnishes us
the following prices for the different
varieties al retail:
"IsabeIIs, 10 to Is; Catawba, 20 70 .;
DeiaWAres, - 70 -, and common al 10
To Il. Taken ia the order Of their
greatest bulk, We now have lAabelIAs,
Cobcords, DelawaTes and CafaWbas.
TIE Concords are fast falling on and
CataT bias Increasing, with large guam
IL NnsHn ms NfahN
more abundant than at any previous
wear, aud the verdict Of the people
places them at the head OF table grapes,
though, like the sickle pear, they are
small. and 50 j. a gold dollar. Prices
have n very wide range, even for the
same grape, some fancy dealers In F0l-
ton Market charging CSC for DelawAres,
while nearly as tine grapes Of the same
kind are retailing in Washington Mar
ket Al DC. The same may be said o!
the other sOrts, the street corner stands
pretty uniformly selling not over sweet
or well riPened Isabellas at 10c."
In tine wheeling market grapes have
been sold all the way from six or SIX
and q nall, down totwO and q half. The
arst and last were exceptional sales,
and only Two Of them occurred
80 far as We have heard. The
kEuEIA4 pA1CE ms VIVA 1891
i've to i've and half. There Is
no qnOsabIe price AT this time, the
dealers for wine purposes not offsrin g
anything more than nominal figures.
The vintage this year should make
choice wine, rs the berries are full OF
sacnhsrins pulp. We doubt Il
the grapes In this vicinity ever mAtured
10 better advantage.
In Che Second Ward market, last
Saturday, fair 10 good grapes sold at 81
cents per peck. This is a decline from
10 and 50.
1t costs from three and half to tour
and a half cents per pound 10 ship
grapes from here 10 New York, accord
ing as they go by freight or express
lines. These figures include charges
for boxes, freight, draysge and com
mission.
[ The following article in regard 10 the
preservation and putting up of grapes
for family use, Will be read with gener-
al interest:
Many plans have been tried TO pre-
sere apples pears. grapes, etc, and all
have partially or wholly failed. A
gentleman in the interior ofthis State
received present Of grapes some time
Z ago, which he writes of TO the German
town Telegraph in the following man
ner:
"Ihree days since a friend brought
me about "A pound OF CRtaw bA and Isa-
/ bella grapes. They were about as good
As il just taken from the vines in the
proper season-full and plump, but
most Of the berries had fallen OF from
I the stems in the carriage OF ten miles
over rough road.
Now, the way these grapes were
preserved may not be new TO you;
. though IL certainly seemed novel one
TO me: but the fact OF their keeping
until the end iof March in fms condi-
ton is worthy of publicity.
''In the fall when they are perfectly
ripe, they are taken from the vines.
when they are free from anything like
moisture, handled carefully and pack
ed in small kegs, nail kegs were the
kind used in this instance. Put a layer
of green leaves, right on the vines, in
the bottom. on this IA layer of grapes,
then leaves again, and grapes, alter
nately, unin the keg il full, then fms
on with leaves. Put in the head. and
| your cask is ready for WHAT Why 10
be buried in the ground. Dig trench
/ 30 AZ to admit the casks deep enough
that they will have about one foot or
ulletu luCnth Oh hOll over NneHl Nuen
covered, The ground Should be pack ed
moderately light and ii board laid along
/ on the top before the ground is thrown
/ in. Then throw some litter on the
surface OF the ground over those which
they wish TO take up during the winter,
/ to prevent the ground from freezing so
hard as to keep them from getting Ht
them. Ono Important thing must be
observed, thai they be placed where
| there can be no standing water about
the casks, or they would suffer.
on further inquiry i learn that the
/ farmers in that neighboEhood have
| practiced this mode for years, and
don't seem 10 think IL anything new
We would express the opinion 'thHt II
the grapes were buried, the key OF
whatever they may be packed in should
be Hier.tight. II moisture penetrRtes
the grapes Will not keep. ~