Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-17
GRAPE CULTURE.
sANE ADVICE FROM A PRACTICAL
YITTCULTURIST.
Annual Address Delivered by Di-
rector L. j. Rose at the Pa
viIion, Sept. 10, 1854.

Ladies and Gentlemen 1t is with pleasure |
that attend the annual return OF this tar, |
and year by year note the improvements OF
the beautiful productions of our State-the
proiusion and beauty of the flower garden,
the orchard, the vineyard, and the neld, as
displayed here.
Well NAV visitors to our Coast look with
wonder and admiration at our ever fresh
displav. running through every month in
the wear: at the varied hue5 and forms OF
our fora. the Wondrous size, fairness, rich
ness Of coloring, and luscious flavor OF the
gifts OF Pomona, Or the abundance and
quality Of the gifts OF Ceres California
seems to be the favored abode Of these
deities, and where they delight to pour out
their choicest gifts; where they add u new
perfume to the violet and the rose a bright
blush and softer down to the rounded
cheek of the peach; more bloom and sun
shine to the purple or the gold OF the
grape, and lavish abundance winch Is at
the same time the envy and admiration Of
the world.
Nor are we blessed with all these gifts in
the vegetable kingdom only, for the animal
kingdom fully keeps pace with all these IN
marvellous perfection.
Go to the fair grounds; look through the
stock department.; see the sheep, the pigs,
the cattle of various breeds displayed
there, and you will see glow Of health,
and lines of beauty for each kind and
breed, true TO the standard, to delight the
expert. the ConnOiSSeur and the artist.
Take the horse department: look at the
gloss and sheen Of their satin coats; see the
soft. undulatng lines Of their contour and
musce-denOting strength, speed and per-
feet health-and the world cannot excel the
exhibition. Nor are we left IN the realm Of
opinion or belief in this matter. Beliefs
may be deceptive, for we all love our own
the best: but we have proof, With not
one-hundredth part OF the number, yet we
are competing successfully IN both trotIIng
and running against the combined stables
of the East.
1t is a reasonable belief that man. too,
will attain q higher average organization;
that fine will produce individuals that Will
be the peers of other countries and lands;
that individuals from time TO time will
crop out rs our country grows older, that
will be renowned in poetry, in OratOry, in
art, and in science.
7 look around me here and see young
fresh and beautiful forms and faces beam
ing with life and perfect health, reared or
matured in this land, free from all enervat-
ing inAuences-a land, you may say, free
from all malaria or sickness of any kind
where man can enjoy every day in the year
in outdoor OccuDaliOn-With almost peTpet-
ual sunshine, with cool and refreshing
nights. and with nature gifts of beauty on
every hand a country bounded by the Pa
citic ocean, with its cooling breeze by day,
and on the other side range of snow
capnet mountains and their refreshing
breeze by night-with pure air, pure noun
tain water and conditions Of climate where
81. l. e--YaF IN,
view of all this perfection, that man, sur
rounded by these favored conditions should
be the superior in both physical and mental
DEVELOPMENT to his less favored brother in
other lands?
| envy the youth of California their fu-
ture They viii enjoy and make the changes
which see will come, and come rapidly.
This beautiful California, with its varied
climate, like both the tropics and the tenn
peratc zouc-its wide range OF productions
being OF equal exceleuce-and the ex
tremes are sometimes scarcely more than
an hours ride apart. Take this place
Sacramcnto-wthi its tropical atmosphere,
with its tropical growth of flowers and trees,
which always I'll me with admiration
note that peculiar still, warm twilight,
where the sunshine after the sun has set
still fingers in the air; what a contrast 10
San Francisco, or any OF the coast counties,
where an overcOat IS necessary adjunct to
ones wardrobe at all seasons Of the year,
and instead OF the lazy, quiet lansuor of
volir feeling. al! is activity and rush, with
nerves st-un5 for action and work and the
mind fired with energy and ambition. Yet
each exceIs in some Productions. The one
Is the home of the peach. the melon, the
corn and such crops as require heat; the
other exces in the production OF cherries,
currauts. potatoes, cabbage and IKE pro
duets not requiring such an ardent sun.
Coming events, iJ is said, cast their shad-
ows before. Already we can see here and
there what almost every part OF CatliOiMa
will be We have only to look at River
side Pasadena. AnaEeim, San Gabriel, Al
hambra, Fresno and other bright spots,
teaching Us the possibilities Of our country.
Ii is but q few years since these beautiful
tracts were the grazing grounds OF cattle,
covered with cactus and chaparrai with
nothing TO point them out az beng better
than the surrounding country now they are
like GASES IN the landscape yeritabie Edens
containing happy population who pro
duce beautiful fruits and make wines to
GLADDEN. tle hearts OF less favored c0uu-
tries.
Tossing p cans toour country, which veal
love. is u very pleasant task. But | have
been asked 81 address you for the reason
that ] may have some information on
practical subjects, which may have some
value To some OF NJu.
Formanv years have been engaged in
the growing OF the grape, and 10 the manu-
facture oil wine some facts That have
learned and opinions ! have formed ont Of
this long experience, may be OF value ana
benefit % beginners. The question OF
where to piau- and what 10 plant will al
ways Doe OF great importance; and each
..re.... mn. f.rF Hftf F.gr
eNuuie-ct IS the only sure guide There
are now vineyards ia every part OF the
Stata-enau- il at least To show that every
portion can raise grapes fair to look upon
and I'm abundance. and, TO some extent
their product can be seen and compared.
We have vineyards oa the mountain slopes
and iu the sal eys. ana each locality claims
some superiority. There If = general belief,
however, that hIlisidCs are preferable rms,
however. think is only true Is to some
localities, not 10 all.
A hillside differs from q plane OF level
srlrE1.e necessarily but in two wLys-tirst,,
axposurc when on the south and west side
to the more direct rays OF the sun; and,
second. to a more rapid shedding 81 water
tifat "a Is as rain and the greater eFapura-
ton. having more surface exposed. 1t IS
true that rae grape las an adherence OF
excessive moisture causing many diseases
and recav and abundant sunshine ~ a
ueccss.tv for their tull maturity and excel
lcace. Yeti there is happy mean, too, in
this. and we may have TOO little OF the hrst
and too much of thc last.
Ira Germany and France, and in the coast
counties Of ti.s State, We have, rs q rule,
auexccssiye rainfall snd = lack of warmth /;
and in these localities @ southern slope may
lie 4 necessity to 70 luce grape OF such
ouautv SIS a. maEeA superior vine. In the