Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-03
tFrom tho Evening Express.
Grspe syrup, Again.

EDITOR EXPREss:-Noticing the
pleasure you take in advancing the
interests of our adopted home,
am emboldened to ask you to pub.
fish the following letter descriptive
of the method and profits OF grape
syrup manufacturing. solicit its
publication in the hope that some
of our people may be induced to try
it, and show the grape-growers of
Southern California that their now
almost profitless vineyards can be
made valuable in producing an ar
ticle greatly in demand for food,
instead OF contributing to a profit
less stream of fluid for the demor-
alization of our fellow-men. A
very small investment-it will be
seen by the letter-would not only
enable us TO retain at home q large
amount of money now sent abroad
for treacle, but would give us a
large revenue from exports. The
market lie all around us and at our
very doors, and we have an unlim.
tied supply of the raw material to
work up. Who will start the
Pioneer Syrup Factory OF Southern
California? Now for the letter:
r. r. II.
"ST. HELENA, CAL, March %.
"R. r.. Haines, Esq Los Angeles,
Call
"DEAR SIR: Yours of the 22d
inst. was received, and in reference
to the manufacture Of grape syrup
l take pleasure in communicating
the following items: The apparatus
L use is No. 4 evaporator, with q
portable furnace, manufactured by
the Blymeyer Manufacturing Co. +,
Cincinnati, Ohio, costing, deliv-
cred in San Francisco, $l63 In cur
rency, with directions how to use
the same. A clarifying pan Is fur
ther needed topurify the Juice after
1t Is expressed from the grape,
which is done in the following
manner: The pan Is made of plan
ished copper, and sets in boiler
filled partially with water, which is
brought to a boil. After the Juice
gets thoroughly heated, the acid is
cut with some Stacked lime-say
about two pounds of lime to 100
pounds Of juice-about a gallon of
Stacked lime of the consistency of
cream. Let the juice remain In
the clarifyer for six hours, when it
will be found that all Impurities
have settled to the bottom. 1t
should then be drawn off carefully
aud put in tank placed close to
the evaporation, ready TO convert
into syrup.
ut takes about three gallons of
juice to make one gallon OF syrup.
One ton of grapes will yield about
$50 gallons of juice, or about AZ
gallons Of syrup. A brisk fire is
needed while boiling, and care
must be taken not to let the Juice
scorch while running oyer the
evaporator-a constant flow of
which is maintained.
"fhe syrup which l made last
Fail found ready market at SO
ceuts per gallon. 1 made 1000
gallons of Mission grapes, paying
therefor from eight to ten dollars
per ton, and found it proflta BILE.
don't know whether large quaint.
ties can be sold, as IL is a new
thing and takes time to introduce
it.
"a wine press is also needed, a
crusher and several tanks. The
pummace may be fermented and
sold as inferior wine or else fed to
stock.
SIN the October, 1875, number of
the Pacific Rural Press the manner
of manufacture, etc, was publish
ed, and parties having that number
will find all needed infoi nation Oh
the subject.
"Hoping the above information
will he satisfactory, l remain,
"Yours truly,
"JOHN Z. WEINBERG