The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-07
TnR cnAPR INTRREsT.
The Crop 30 Ohio In 1863 ahd
In 1869. i3
How to Keep Down the Rot in
Grapes.

/ How to Keen Down the Rot In
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As
IpteyestiBv statements In Regnrd ia
CrSTe CiT6tvIng ard WING Making,
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State oI Ohio has received statistics ~
| regard u. The AgTiculturRl5 5pTOduatiOft IN
uo, stat. N, ,I,e vo,r 1890 ,vhirl, nm.
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JUST Deo" "il.ue i. Puolic .I''"usu Wy ''Ms' ,s
papers, Hldby which It appears that slH
whole number. oF acres In vineyards IN
1000 t,oy InAt7 a, co,n,,nraI q ~ "a wi,L h7A
''"" w." ~ No. =" '''IN
N le0S. lyRH IpuntA OF grapes gA'hc'c"
in 1860 amounted TO 3,79i.SM against
097 M IN is,,8 The number Of gallons
III ,...,,,.,. !, ado ,.,,,, tt.R no. ;ns,
~ WING WING ,'1AD ~ ''O' "" '''O''"" "' ''''''
IH2i i'b' ~ 1865, .s..
This, WIlilcA vpry lisntSoIRr showing
~ n. 9,1t,,, INA Wis cult6rS dors mi
!, !, sa;,I noor,,, oa,,oI ~ non, tsn-
/" S"N "'g tA'I wy '"' 'oO''
either In the quantity OF grapes Or d VINE
although tile average Is very considerably
moro II IA probable. however that this
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present year WIZ surPas any o. 'ne cA'
hibiA yet made. The crop " this hnlne'
diaic region was never 50 large, and per
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"le ''o'S' :" UH,e,'e.' :"
a IeIleF rom Oc'To''' III ''e NC" "lN
Tribune Of Friday last, gives us some In
truc,ivc r,r,s nni iI.urcs in rccard 10 Tie
-. - ~ ,.,,.,n ts,o.ns, ~ No.,,,orn
gtale "'u "lnV ,'li'eIs7s 'l =" ~, ~, '''e'"
ONO, Tint WIN lqterciF h"WoeF "'
our leaders III this vicinity. The
cr,n mi. vcnr ,n ihr Lake
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ERE ls'tli'uS VIII y : e''l''"'cu' 'Ne'i"e
one Gnl hhIF tons per acre on all the
Islands. while some will Weld two tons
nnJ ~ s,,.. ,,.,.. ,hrrc. Tho six i,uuor.
''N - '"uST VI - :, " 90, r..
iIhl IsI"Ilus arc: Ne''cy ts'IIl " NOou'
800 HcrCs; North Bass, 800; Middle Bass,
$40. Sout ,,Bnss. or Putin. BAY, 1000:
9, c,,... n,N.,d n o,,d NJ, ,,Issn,tc oisn
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about ~ acres
KcIley's Island has 0OO AcnS in vine.
yards, North and Middle Bass nbOnt lW
acres each, Put in. Bny 500 acres Kcl.
lcy's Island niOne, expects uls year, Ip
1,fOllucc l,G00 tuns Of Erapcs, anil To make
95O, ,0OOygallons Otfwine iIll told, from ia
own grapes aud the few II purchases OF
The smaller islands Last yVQr, the prp'
(Itlct Of this islNnll was 100000 gallons.
'The other islnnls dO but little in wine
mnl;ing, except Middle HasS. Put-in.BNy
growers sometimes crush tlleir grNpes, bHt
il good offer comes from uller quarters
thGy sell. a St. Louis operator bought
50 iNns from this island, md Toledo
wine prCsscr purchased about an equal
amount from the same vineyards. Mid
die BASS made 10000 gallons Of wine last
ycar, aud with tho grapes contributed by
tho smaller islands will, this year make
10000 gallons. On this Iand, u splendid
wine CclIar llns Just been completed, hCwn
from tic solid rock. II Is III feet long,
% wide, and - high. Each side is lined
with kegs which will hold ] 400 gallons
each, tho canacity OF the vault hEIig 80.
GOO gallons. III addition to this there
are three smaller cellars on Middle Bass,
hut their combined capacity docs not
greatly exceed that nr tllis slorcll0use in
tho rOuk.r at
THE bulk ol tho grapes here grown arc
Catawbas COncOrtls and DGlAwarcS fol-
low in about equal proportions There
are several other varieties prodNceu, DuI M
none Of my account TINT come up to the
standard Of q wing grape, Ives Seeding
is increasing In favor nsa wine grape. but is
not rs yet generally known. The Vir:
ginin Seeding makes the best md richest
wine in Tic world, in proof Of which
statement Capt, Atwood Oilors TINT here
on tho islands II retails at % per bottle,
T,,,,n 1ITO I, ~ n 1Nllnu ) n Ia n red