Nebraska advertiser., 1869-03-25

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At the National saccharne Test for Wine, at
stood in shcchaTiEe matter 9- HdUe %-I0nu lOl--
the Walter, somewhat frozen, 70 a ounces OF each Of
Next morning the Superintendent Clerk. and one
Of the Directors Of the Pleasant Valley Wine Co.
0he parties who conducted the test the day beforeQ
20 satisfy thenlselves Of the merits OF me rWater
same lot tfst were used the day before, and the
sacchsrOmeter stood at 9l-uhe Walter beating it's.
Had n ounces of the Delaware ana CataEgba been
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
There had been constant rains and damp weather
n the section where the WdHer grew-its cOmpetit-
ors growing at HammondsPortan and alOHg the lakes.
where there had been but little rain during the sea-
sOn-dry soil and weather being necessary fOr't the
perfect sweetening Of grapes:
Club, in a report OF Sept =, Isis, printed in the
New York semi-Weekly Fribuneof Sept 18th, aler
conclude the Walter will be a valuable grape in the
grape regions of the upper Mississippi on the shores
soils Of western Pennsylvania, and wherever else
native grapes are successfully grown"
Letter from ChGrhs WooHey, one Of the oldest zine
UGrdists in he STATE.
PoIST, Ulster Co., n Yrl
May Is, 1868.
Messys. Ferris & OrylrDDd.
DEAR SIRs: Yours of the 18th I am In receipt of,
in which you ask if / have any objections TO sending
YOU for publication, the facts l am acquainted with,
in relation 10 the character VI AlIG HuttcT DJuIE- 4
have never Endorsed the character or usefulness OF
vines. or other articles of any description, and would
NOT al nv present stage of life were ii not for two
reasons which seem sufficient. First, know the
Halter Grape will meet the preJudices widespread
throughout the country, caused by the WOrthleSsneSS
in most localities OF many Of in predecessors Sec
ond because I can say from personal observation
that the Walter is the best variety l have had any
knowledge of, and / think 1 have cultivated nearly
all that have been recommended, discardins them
an and falling back upon the Concord and Hartford
Prolific as vineyard varieties. 1 am interested in
knowing that the fruit Of the Waiter grows larger
each year as the vine grows older, being last year
fully one-third larger than 1t was two years ago. It
grows well; sets fruit well. I have seen IL ripe sew
eral times before Hartford, and L have never seen
any mildew On1tS fruit or on its large and thick, but
Delaware shaped foliage. The flavor of the fruit 1
think superior to any other variety. You say in
vOur circular IL Is a seeding of the Delaware and
Diana; I think the character of each of these Varie-
ties is quite distinguishable In the WdlST, particu-
larlv that of the Delaware. l alSd think IL would
make q wine Of high character. 1 have visited it
annually since it first bore, six years ago, three times
in Ulster Co., N. R,lna low valley, where the lisa
bella seldom ripens, and each time it was fully ripe
in August. Ihave seen il each ofthe three past sea
sons IN POughkeepSie, ripening at the same time,
excepting last year, when the constant rains pre-
vented all varieties from maturing at their usual
time. but Il perfected its fruit by the middieof Sep
TENDER. The raisins of the last mentioned crop /
succeeding in the low valley and tenacious clay of
MOdena, and also in the dry slatey position in
POughkeepSie, L think il will be well adapted to the
varied sections of our country. You may make
whatever use Ofthese opinions you deem proper.
Yours truly,
FERRIS & CAYWOOD,
on Po1phkepOSip- N Y