New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-07

| = .os,, and refinement but we believe thaV 'ei'
1oh moro than mere wine-drinking is REQUISITE
fore we shall be able to possess those Feiy t ho
onalities The question Of the use Oh oforo The
settled upon purely scientific grounuS, ,,,or orv
moral theories connected with IL can 80 o,Oine
tosio ona 70 this end we must examine
| not the surface impressions % H''
| side but the statistics OF centuries ara oosilv
| ~ EIooo,o personal views, however, are e"Shy
| M = e., the practical part OF his volume
GoV"0I0u - "a n dash of waggery in his extrava-
oo 90 if he were puTposely initiating the rather
rol,leas STYLE of his opponents. When ne speaks VI
| az the two curses of the American people-water-
drinking and whisly-drnkng," he expresses SONIC
thing more than a mere verbal paradox lie SHOWS,
on every occasion, capacity to appreciate inoue
life and peculiarites of character different from ms
ovp--a hearty cosmopolitan sympathy, which is only
restricted when he contempates large class OF his
own fellow-citizens.
Pruning the. vine en- soache-that is cutting the
shoots back to within eight or ten inches of the earth
so as-Tadually to form a heavy, knotted STOCK
sometimes foot in diameter-is familiar to all VINO
have travelled in Southern Europe but Mr.. Flagg
seems never to have heard of it before his visit to
the Bordelais vineyards His first experience thereof
is thus described:
"Wbat is that ~ exclaimed with little astonish
ment as turning away from the tres where vines were
SO te1derly upheld we entered field where there
was never bit reis stake at ALL nor peg to tle
plant alone and selfsustainng scornng all supporits
arms embracing nothing its tendrs twnlng nG'I IKE
q strong .minded woman planted onherrlghts -.
Iwas field Of the variety known as ia ot!e otd'cme,
he erazy yine yulgarly called "enrdgdu" growing zen
sOehe bds" which may be translated by stump OF soo
sorche meaning literally stock" ,,ou.orv
all learned talk about different KINDS Oh M hod
modes Of training TO them, and did not move on m 1a
learned something about training "a" so"o"e anu :"
Jug Otu' a. - ~ hardy nIaut never in
| ured by frost nor TO 81 P--s knowledge by any as
ease that it regular and reliable bearer anu on
good sandy loan, such then saw, could De counter
| for over thousand gallons to the acre anu soH'
times gave as much as ~ one ot the
souches, prOfusOn OF full sized white grapes was re-
yeaed all hanging close abOut the head, ana eas sus
tained Inv the rugged old stock, which about ten
inches high and five inches thick 1t is perfect Iou
| tain OF wine,' said the man.
The following account of the method of manuring
vines; in the Claret region may serve hint TO the
advocates of heavy manurng in our country:
outside the gateway Of the chateau was eoin Lp
heap to which mud from the river marshes was Delns
hauled, as well as stable manure IheY 1od me tne Tp,
post thus formed and wei rotted was the Only manue
tolerated in Medoc and that even this was feared ny some
| proprietors who enriched their vineyards with mud
alone or turf swampy earth, atthe risk OF debasngho
natural soil, since large quantities are required II no
richer material is mingled with these. Compost Is ap
| Piled in various ways. At PichOn-L0ngueyie they
spread 1t the surface and pillow u IN Others M
with little excavations made around the feet OF inc
vines while others again bury it In trenches midway
between the rows eight inches wide ana deep enough
ty OF wine supposed TO accrue in any direct
manner but TO result simply from the sap ana nS
and those newly planted are placed IN the same category
the fruit Of both being deemed equally unfit for growing
wine Of the first Quaty but not manurng sparing-
ly and carefully done in MedOc, am sure the wine
aeeed by ID would 20 down al least one step lower IN
fine scale. There are proprietors who do not manure
their vines oftener than every twenty yearas those OF
Scc.c, instance. The greater npmper 40 ~ every
seven, eight nne ten years, while some "a!I S4y
five, and some only three
The value of the WORK Is greatly increased by a
translation of the manual of the sulphur-cure for
blight and .nfldew, by NJ Mares of Montpelier
Wien IS given in full Mr. Faggs conclusions, after
his three years tour of observation, entirely IA
vorabe to the success of viEeculture in the United
States His assertion that the causes OF ITS failure IN
certain localities must be ascrbed to long pruning
and want of dranage-to which we might add over
manuring and insufficient working of the soh-seeins
to us welgronded, and we also think he is right in
supposing that we shall be able to produce better
red than white wines. He does full justice to
the extraordinary wine-gving qualities of our
Iona and Delaware grapes and is so much
| An American that he prefers the Catawba TO
any table grape which he found in Europe
1t was hardly within the scope Of his work
to study the exacting tastes and habits Of the differ
ent varieties Of the Vine; but he seems to be fully
aware of their existence. In this very important
branch Of vitieultural knowledge, we are only at
the beginning Of experiment in this country NO
ANALYSIS of soil seems TO be delicate enough to fur
nish MS clue to the secrets of the rare European
vintages and we shall probably only be able to rival
them if at ALL by accidental bringing together
of the true vine and the true locality. Mr. flaggs
guess at the presence of iron one of the important
elements is no doubt correct We quote his descrp-
IS ton of the famous vineyard of Johannisberg, IN
o connection with this subject:
: Those who may be familiar with the strongly coored
a. at1a hall
elsewhere NewJersey with the soils Of similar ap
pearance and constitution near Newaven and al other
places Connecticut would recognize in that OF johann
nisberg old acquaintance. Tie entire hl was OF the
same did see any other in any OF the Rhinegau
VINEYARDS though was told there was slate In
places AS the deep color could be due 10 nothing else
than iron that element must nave peen present ~ g9Sd
MedOc soil abounded In iron, that was even stronger
on cote dor, and not wanting in Champagne.
recalled also that the places IN NewJerscy and Con
neccut where the Ike appearance Is seen are h0ten I0r
think by any means, rich ground and the grain OF 1t
Pansing at the steepest part Of the HILL which IS i'm
mediateiy below the castle NJ HerzmansIy called my
attention to It as being the place from which the best
neighPoog parts except liz steepness which was 50
away after so heavy rain az had just falenf He re-
piled that II was because of deep and frequent tage
for its coarse and loose and maybe shay texture lie
added that to compensate what washing did occur
earth ca from the north side Of tho hill Which, slowly
descending under the action OF rains, not only repen
ished the substance OF the ground but improved It's
quality.
An index and some illustrations add to the com
pleteness of the work, which cordially commend
to all interested in the subject.
MOPsA THE FAIRY. By JRAN ISsELow lGmo pp 2M Roberts
Brothers
This is a charming fairy tale in prose, pretty
enough to interest grown and women and full VI
the daring mprobablities and amusing conceits which
are so fascinating TO the juvenile minds for whom it ID