Nebraska advertiser., 1869-03-11
The Walter Grape.
Saccharfne Tests Tor Wine.

Saccharfne Tests for Wine.
At the National saccharine Test for Wine, at
stood in saCchanne matter 81 Waller -TOnd IOI-
DeIdac1re lO1 This test was made with II ounces Of
the Water, somewhat frozen, to a ounces Of each Of
Next morning hesuperlntendent, Clerk, and one
OF the Directors OF the Pleasant Valley Wine Co.
Uhe parties who conducted the test the day befOreD
70 satisfy themselves Of the merits Of the nWalter''
same lot that were used the day before, and the
saccharometer stood at Sl-the Walter beating it's
pressed equally hard with the Walter, their skins
and centres being acid, the Delaware would have
the Delaware. All the other varieties ranged much
lower than those enumerated above.
n the section where the Waller grew-its cOmpetit-
Ors growing at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and along the lakes,
sOn-dry soil and weather being necessary for the
perfect sweetening q grapeS
Club, In = reePort Of sept p, 1855, printed in the
New York SemiWeekly Tribune Of Sept 18th, aher
conclude the Walter viii be valunbleEape I'm the
grape regions Of the upper Mississippi on the shores
soils Of western Pennsylvania and wherever else
native grapes are successfully grown"
Letter iron, Charles WooRqy. one Of ne Oalest vine
VINEYARD POINE, Ulster Co., N. VI
Messrs. EzTfs & odylOood
In which YOU ask q I have any objections 30 sending
Won. for publication. the facts i am acquainted with,
In relation 70 the character OF the Wdldcr Gr0pc. I
have never Endorsed the character or usefulness Of
vines, or other articles OF any description, and would
reasons which seem sufficient. First, IEnow the
Walter Grape viii meet the pre5udices widespread
throughout the country, caused by heworthlessness
in most localities Of many OF its predecessors. Sec
Ond. because I can say from personal observation
that the Walter f. the best variety I have had any
knowledge OF, and I think I have cultivated nearly
all that have been recommended, discarding them
Prolific as vineyard varieties i am interested I'm
knowing that the fruit OF the WGuer grows larger
each year as the vine grows older, being last year
fully Onethird larger than tt WAS two years ago. II
grows well; sets fruit wei. Ihave seen Il ripe sew
eral times before Hartford, and i have never seen
anv mildew on its fruit or on It's large and thick, but
Delaware shaped foliage. The favor Of the fruit I
think superior % any other variety. You say In
your circular a. u q Seeding OF the Delaware and
Diana. i think the character OF each OF these varie-
ties q quite distinguishable IN the H0ueT, particu-
larry that Of the elawar 1 alsd think Il would
make n wine OF high character. 4 have visited C
annually since e hrEtbore, six year ago, three times
in Ulster Co, n. ", I'm a low valley, where the Isa-
bella seldom ripens, and each time Il was fully ripe
IN August Ihave seen e each Ofthe three past seal
sons IN Poughkeepsie, ripenlng 80 the same time.
excepfing last wear, when the constant rains pre-
vented An varieties nom maturing nc their usual
time. but Il perfected It's fruit by the middle Of Sep
tember. The raisins Of the last mentioned crop !
have seen and eaten. which were good. Prom It's
succeeding In the low valley and tenacious clay oi
Modena. and also In the dry slatey position IN
Poughkeepsie / think Il viii be well adapted 20 the
varied sections OF our country. You may make
Yours truly. WOOLEY