The Placer herald., 1874-12-12

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Riessling 1883 1877 10 0.57
Reimer 1.057 40 13O O6O
Mission | 0SS 215 0G0 oil
As there can be but little doubt that the
development of the ethereal substance on
which the aroma Of wine depends is owing
to the presence Of free MALE acid and more
particularly, ! believe, Of malic acid, the
above figures explain tie cause of the absence
of aroma from The wine made from the Mis-
sion grape; for whilst The three varieties Of
foreign grapes analyzed contain respectively
60, 81 and 50 parts of malic acid to 10 COO
parts of juice tie Mission grale contains but
II pats. The presence of his comparative
ly large portion Of mac acid in grape juice
is fact which has not think. received the
attention it deserves. believe the acid it.
sch splits up into an ether and an alcohol
and this independently of is action on the
alcohol already found in The wine.
This is the first publication Of n quantita.
tive analysis of grape juice for acid in Cali
fornia, and it should be followed up by a
careful examination of the juice Of all leading
varieties in the different districts. Some Of
The winemakers have tested the wines for
acid and have purca ased the tarter varieties
in preference AMI the vneyardests have fol
years been planting and grating with the
foreign vines. The Ressng, the Xiufudcl
and the Burger are now preferred in the San
Pablo District to any other, partly because
of the large proportion Of acid and the small
proportion of sugar in their grapes; in both
which respects the Mission is far inferior -
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PATRoN' FRuIT CAKE. .-"Mrs. A. NJ. ID. -
Of Colusa, sends us the following receipt
which she thinks housekeepers, whether
Patrons or not, will find worth the trial
"rhc day before you make the cake, stew
two cups of dried apples till soft, chop fine
and simmer in two cups of molsses from one
TO two hours. Next morning add one cup
OF sour milk two small teaspoonfuls of soda,
one cup of sugar. one nutmeg grated, one
teaspooniul each of cloves and cinnamon,
butter the size of an egg, and flour enough
to make as stiff as gingerbrcad; raisins inn
prove it. Bake with steady fire. Time
improves it and iceing will keep it from dry
ing and getting hard. .
KEEPING MEALS WAITING. Little things
often interfere with our comfort very much,
and one small annoyance is for men to delay
coming to dinner when called. Sometimes
they have an hour or more of work which
they will do before quitting, and then they
60 to the house to fiud the dinner cold, and
the cook discouraged. Nothing is more dis
heartening to a tired woman than table
full of dirty dishes, ornamening the table
an hour and a-haf later in the day than
usual. Punctuaty is virtue that men
should learn if they are in the habit of be-
ing uncertain about coming to meals. Any
woman worthy the name housekeeper will
be regular with her meals, if it les within
her to have them SO.
CALIFORNIA HONEY IN rIs EAsr.-Speak-
ing of the arrival of j. S. Harbinson, the
apiarist, from this State, the New York Stn
says: Mr. Harbinson confined the sale OF
his honey to the Chicago market last year,
but was dissatisfied with the result, and this
season, for the FIRST time, California honey
in the comb is offered in the New York and
Boston markets. 1t is shipped in the ordi-
nary freight cars, q 900 pounds making a
car load, and costs the purchaser in New
York between SO 900 and 81 900 per car
Mr.. Harbinson realized $2S 900 from his
sales last year, and this season has har-
vest of over 100 900 pounds. California
honey is whittier. of heavier body and sweeter
than the Eastern article. The best brand is
that raised in the San Diego valley-and
the choicest kind is gathered from the flower
of the white sage. This honey is whittier
hon ! ha .lo 4 ~