The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-27

four hundred bushels. II Ia wanted al
most entirely for home consumption, anC
Il commands from seventy-fve cents 10 9
dollar per bushel.
A good deal Of attention has recently
been gwen TO the cultivation Of tobacco
and "the weed" now equals in quality and
flavor the best old Virginia brands. The
average yield Is from eight hundred to q
thousand pounds per acre. Soil and eli
mate are here very favorable TO It, and the
fresh, strong soil, made Of the marshy.
closed sections Is peculiarly adapted to its
cultivation.
In speaking OF tile climate Of West Wiz.
GINA We have shown that the State lies In
the zone In which the grape natures In the
greatest perfection, and where the summer
sun gives superior strength and quality to
the wine. Diss Debar, from whose waltz
able hand book Of the State we have al.
ready quoted, says In relation to this pro-
duct:
ION u surface 80 diversified as that OF
our State, II would be difficult to survey
oil one hundred acre tract anywhere
without including at least one suitable ex.
posure for vineyard Of from five to TWEEN.
~ acres, either in the valleys or on
slopes Of from five TO twenty-five de.
grees. German wine growers, who pre-
fer sleeper grades will find the rock Mt.
cesssary for walling up, a few feet below the
surface everywhere
1t is only Of late that attention has been
given to the cultivation OF this crop, and
the total number OF vineyards In tho State
does not now exceed q thousand; but the
wine product ranks high, and Is already
sought after In nearly all the larger mar
kets in the Fast and West The average
crop cannot be given, but the Isabella
variety is known TO have yielded thou
sand pounds to the acre.
Nearly every variety OF garden vegeta.
bic thrives well here in the open air, but
owing to the sparse population, and the
absence OF latg0 town markets, most gar
dening has reserved but little attention.
1t would now, owing to the quick trans
portation offered by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad, yield handsome profits II
conducted systematically as II Is in the Vi.
Cinity Of tho Northern cities.
CULTIVATION or FRUITS.
The nature Of the soil and climate of
West Virginia allow Of the cultivation OF
every kind Of fruits that Is grown in the
cooler parts Of the Union. Apples, pears,
peaches, ounces and all the smallerfruits.
DO extremely well, and some varieties at.
tain a size and flavor unknown in more
northern ATTITUDES. No people raise a
greater abundance, or make lreer use Of
fruit in their household economy than
West Virginians. What surplus is dispos.
cd OF Is generally in the dried condition
but the overplus, and owing to the pro.
Lille yield, this is often large, is generally
fed to the cattle, whose meat is thereby
rendered much more tender and juicy than
when they are fattened upon corn fodder.
An orchard is everywhere an append.
age to a well.Or'lered farm, and failure
OF the fruit Cropis to the West Virginian a
but little less grave than u
short harvest Of grain. The smaller fruits,
such as the wild cherry, strawberry, rasp-
berry and whorlleberry grow spontane.
onsiy and in great profusion in all parts
Of the State. EDMUND KrREE.