Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-13
California Wines aud RaiSins.
E. G. CHILD.
MORAL AND ECON, MiCAL ASPECT OF 1T.

MORAL AM ECON' AiSAL AoE Ell * -
TCharles Nordhoff in The TrIbune.l
have now seen the grape grow IN almost
every part # California where WINE Is made.
The tenn ttion to a new settler IN this state
IS always stIOng to plant vineyard and
am moved by mucn 1 have seen, to repeat
here publicly advice | have often gwen to
individuals Do not make wine. L remem-
Der a WINE cellar, aDd cheapiy built. but
with substantial and costly casAs CONTAINING
because tie vineyard WAS badly placed) d
mean, thin, fiery VINE and on pleasant
sunny afternoon, around these casks group
OF tIpsy men, hope ess, lrredeemable beasts,
with nothing mucn L0 do except TO encourage
each other TO another glass, ana 10 wonder
at the G .steru man who would not drink.
There were two or three Indians staggering
about the do Ir; there We're swearing anu
filthy talk inside; there was pretentlous
tasting of this, that and the other cask, oy
parcel of suts who In their hearts would
have preferred " lorty-rod" whisky. And a
little way IF there WAS house with wOm-
En- and c1Ildren IN it, who had only to look
the duor to see this miserable sight OF hus-
band father, friends, visitors and hired men
spending the afternoon IN getting drunk do
not want YOU to understand that every VINE
yard is nest ot drunkards, tor this is not
true. In the Ma and Sonoma valleys, IN
the toOt-h hills uf the ezra, as AnabeIm and
elsewhere IN the sOutDern country, you may
Ind many men cultivating tho grape and
making wine in all soberness. But every
where, too, and in my OWN experience lar
oitener, you will see the proprietor, or his
sons, or his hired men, bearing the marks ot
strong drink; and too often, ii you come un-
e2pectedly, you will see some poor wretch In
the wIne.l Ouse, who about iour O'Clock is
msudlln Seeing all this, advise no new
settler in tue state to make wine. He runs
too many rIsIs. with cnlidren and laborers,
even il lie himself escapes. Fortunately, NJ
vue Deed make wine, though every man may
raise grapes; t,r 1t IS now iact estaolisheo
Oy slthccnL and practical ttlal, that raislns
equal 10 every respect to the Dest Malaga
Can be made IN California from the proper
Vorleties ot CRANES. aud can be sold tor q
price whieh Will very handsomely pay the
maker, aud with much smaIler Investment
Of capital aud less skill Tue vineyard own
efs already complain that they cannot always
really sell thclr crude WINE at payin;
price: but the market ior carefully iuad'
fslslns Is as AIN told by the principal lrui
Ut a ers 10 Sau FIaOclsco, open and eager
10 make VINE Itqulres uncommon skill an'
care, and to keep 1t So that age shall give /
That merit which commands really goo'
Price demands considerable capital IN tn
Necessary outlay tor casks. Wblle the skull
iuI vine maker undoubtedly gets a larg
piUht on his vines, 1t begiDs To he seen her
mat there Is an over-supply of poorly mad
But any Industrious person, who has th
tlsht kind OF grapes, eau make raislns; an
tdsin making, which, eighteen months age
naa still very uncertain future IN tn
s'ate, may now saieiy be called one of th
established aud most promising industrIt
mere. Last year l ate excellent raisins l