The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-10
"WlNE THAT MAKETH GLAD"
Or. Afarahalls Aethods. in Which are
Millions and Morality.

Courtesy Of Col. William Beattie in.
Daily Metes TO DR.. Marshall 'at home"
the object of the visit being to oblaiin
some particulars as to his success
in wine making. The visit was q
very gratifying one, as tho facts elicited
abundantly confirm the steadily growing
conviction that the cultivation Of tho
grape and the manufacture Of pure wines
will in the very near future become an
industry Of inestimahle advantage to the
South, viewed both from q material and
moral standpoint. II is, however, will,
facts and ncs with philosophical reaec.
tioua .Lat these lines have to do. DR..
Marshall's e4say in the direction of wine
making ia yet. SO to speak, in its infancy.
but the Rubicon has been passed, and
the all-important point, the fact that
wine making in the South can be made
a large and o very profitable industry,
the experience Of Dr.. Marshall, with thu
of many others, incontestabIy proves. A
visit TO the cellar, goblet in hand, pre-
faced the proceedings. Three or four
varieties of winea were sampled-a rich
claret, from the Norton's Virginia grape
wine similar in character, but more
resembling the imported wines of that
class, made from mixture of the Ives,
Concord and other varieties followed ;
and delicious wine from the Scupper.
nong of delicate golden color. These
wines are the pure juice of the grape,
and in body and bouquet very far eur.
pass large percentage Of the 80 called
imported wines, while greatly superior to
them in their purity and healthfulnesx
The contents of the cellar were $50 gallons,
the product ofthree quarters of an acre. A
vineyard in full bearing wild yield from 800
to 1000 galloas of wine, the market price
of which is from 81 Sl.25 per gallon.
DR.. Marshall will have this Spring
twenty-five acres set out in vines, and
in three years his vineyard will be capa.
be of yielding from 10000, to $4,000
gallons of wine. Hitherto tho Doctor
has used for crushing his grapes the old
fashioned cider press, but is expecting
very shortly q press from Illinois made
specially for the purpose. The above
facts, roughly aud hurriedly thrown
together, require no comment; they
point unerringIy to the time, not far dis.
tant, when vineyards will not, as now,
be few and far between in. the South, but
s::cccee.sf.: ccmfe.;tnrs with the rre..
feecy staple in making the war-desoia.
ted South bloom and blossom rs the
rose.
DR.. Marshall's experience in the culti-
votion of the grape for wine making
purposes will be of great value 10 any
one who 10 desirous of learning the mo
due operandi. and there is much to be
learned, not only rs to the kind oi
grapes best adapted for wine making,
but algo ns to the most economical plan
of cultivation, and DR.. Marshall's suc-
cess in both these respects would save
the novice both time and labor. There
are already in Greenville and in the
vicinity many interested in the promo
tion of this important interest who
would find it very greatly to their benefit
to form themselves into grape growers
association. Such an association would
give character and an impetus to the
effnrt which no individual enterprise
could secure. It would not only directly
aid every individual member, but would
attract notice from q distance, and thus
very materially promote the interests OF
this favored section of the Piedmont re-
gion. In this connection, and as an
evidence of the strong practical interes;
which is being manifested in the South
in the cultivation Of vineyards, it may
be mentioned that Mr. Hotopp, of Al.
bermarle county, Virginia. has made
$4,000 gallons of wine from mixture of
the following varieties of grapes: the
Ives, Concord, and N0rton's Seeding,
which, at q very low estimate, will real.
ize clear result per acre Of from $400 Il
$780, Greenvitie Ns,cs.