Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-31
THE FAMED VINEYARD.
OUTAT CUcAM ON c O
\ NEW ENT

Out tnrougn the Splendld farming
country of FL Monte, thence lover
the hills and far away" past the Sc
cluded village of Spadra, and on across
the plain to the base of the Cucamon-
go Mountain, representative of the
HERALD wended his way. Emerging
from the gorge through which the
Southern Pacific Railroad passes out
after leaving Spadra, u beautiful cir.
cular valley twelve miles wide greets
the eye, mountains rearing on every
side.
MOUNT CUCAMONGO
To the left lifts its head some $500 feet
in air. At the base of this mountain,
just three miles from the railroad, is
the Cucamongo Ranch. Every wine
drinker in America has head of the
CUCAMoNao WINE,
For so celebrated has become the pro.
duct of this vineyard that counterfeit
ers have been busy, and large per
centage of the bottled California wines
pass under that name. Lying ut the
Southern base of the mountain, on n
gently sloping plateau, and removed
from the sea-coast some thirty-fve
miles, the f,ys never affect the vines
and frost is unknown. The ranch Was
purchased a year or so ago Ivy
MEssRS, DowNEY, HELLMAN AND
DREYFUs,
And they have with their usual energy
and enterprise gone to work to i'm
prove the buildings and enlarge the
plantation. A fine wine cellar, as
large perhaps as any in the State, has
been constructed, and a grape crusher
of great capacity has been put up. So
perfectly arranged is the cellar that it
it difficult to believe that it holds
within it nearly 10000 gallons of
wine. The grape crop this year was
not materially impaired by the frost,
but the extremely warm weather of
the last two weeks has dried the grapes
so that the vintage will not exceed
75,OO0 gallons, against 93 600 last year.
The vineyard. formerly embracing 1875
acres, has been Increased by 81 acres,
AMI it is proposed to still further en-
large it. rhls slope Is as we'll adapted
for
TROPICAL FRUITS
AS any in the State, and it is strange
that.the original owners never turned
their attention to the growing of them
The present proprietors, however, are
putting out large plantations, no less
than 5000 orange, lemon and walnut
trees having already been planted.
The climate of Cucamongo is extreme
ly beneficial to invalids suffering from
lung diseases, AMI the surrounding
scenery Is so attractive that the tour
ist would find IA sojourn there very en-
terIaining. A hotel will shortly be
cOnsi rucied in IA beautiful location for.
mcrly owned by Mr.. Saiisevaine, with
ample accommodations for visitors.
ABOUT FOUR MILES
North from the vineyard are located
the lands of the Cucamongo Home.
stead Association, consisting of some
500 acres. A flume is now being built
TO supply the tract with water, and as
SOON as it is completed. which will be
in month, the purchasers of the lots
will take possession, anI thus begin.
the era of tlourishIng colony. 10
the East of the vineyard is a fine tract
owned by the CucainOngo AgricuI tu-
raj Association, which is being inn
proved rapidly aud planted with fruit
| trees and vines.
THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS
OF the Cucamongo Wine Company
are under the management of one of
the proprietors, Mr.. Benjamin Drey-
fus,and his excellent system Is worthy
of imitation. The most perfect order
and cleanliness prevail, and the
grounds are in splendid condition.
The work is all let out by contract,
and none but Chinamen are employed
on the premises. Mr.. Dreyfus is en-.
abled t. Reside ut Anaheim, riding
over to the vineyard occasionally 20
see that the contracts are complied
with, his presence being only required
during the vintage. Altogether there
Is so much of interest at this famous
ranch that visitors to this section
should not fail to call there in their
wanderings. On another occ isIon we
will relate what we saw on the Chino
ranch and about Rincon.