The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-09-03

year al. a shovel of stable manure to
each vine. Mr.. Wiecking says the Con.
cord is the hardest grape for this clim ate
and the best table grape. 1t is large
dark or black grape and grows in large
punches. The Ives Seeding is a good
wine grape, requiring to make q gallon
of wine about sixteen pounds of grapes.
Up to the day we saw him he had shipped
1000 pounds to New York and Charles.
ton and expected to ship the next Thurs
day 5000 pounds to New York by way
of Charleston. He has in all 1850
vines on wires. The grapes are planted
eight feet each way. Mr.. Wiecking re.
moved from Charleston to Walhalla a
few years ago, built a nice house aid
began the culture of grapes. He is a
quiet, industrious citizen, and his pros
poets are large profits from his business.
His domestic vine is of a superior quality
and sells readily at 81 gallon.
G.-wANNER's VINEYARD.
We next visited the vineyard of Mr..
G.. Wanner, about one mile from town.
We found Mr.. Wanner at home with
several baskets Of fine grapes in his
piazza to which he kindly Invited US to
help ourselves. He has now II acres Of
bearing vines (797 vines) three and four
years old and comprising fifty-eight
varieties of grapes. He has 1000 young
vines not bearing, but number will
bear next year. He plants eight feet
apart each way, blowing and hoeing
three times year and manuring once q
year with compost made of lot manure
and muck. He expects to set out this
winter six acres more in grapes, all from
his own cuttings. In starting, his first
600 vines cost $50, but they could now
be bought for $40. Since his start be
has rooted cuttings at no outlay of money.
Mr.. Wanner's vines are larger than those
of Mr.. Wiccking, each vine having two
and three posts and bearing to about si1;
feet high. We counted one vine which
had On 1t seventy, eight large punches
and saw Others, we believed had a hun
dred punches. He e..imated the bunch
es would average in weig gbt about one
half pound each. Last year Mr.. Wan
ner made 592 gallons of wine besides
selling 400 pounds of grapes. AS he is
very liberal he gave away great many.
This year he counts on at least l,0O0
gallons OF wine, besides the grapes he
may sell and give away. He does not
propose to ship grapes, but only sell as
he can at home. AS his wine sells readi-
ly at 81 a gallon he will get at least ST.
600 off of II acres, and that, too, with
as little labor in cultivation as corn, for
once we'll set the vines are permanent.
Of the different varieties of grapes Mr.
Wauner says among the black the Ives
Seeding and the Northern Virginia are
favorites; among the white, the Eta,
Martha, Lady and Crotop, are favorite
and of the red the Brighton, Delaware
Goethe, and Wilder are favorites. He
considers the Northern Virginia and
Ives Seeding among the best wine making
grapes. He has certainly one of the
most promising vineyards we ever saw
1t takes about G25 vines to the acre.
In addition to these parties Mr.
Richie has II acres in vines, the oldest
about here. He has good varieties, but
we did not have time to look over his
present crop.
Mr.. John Kaufman has two acres o.
different varieties bearing and set out
1000 more this Spring. He made 4OO
gallons of wine last year and will increase
the amount this year.
Mr.. Bruno Oehmig has one acre which
is bearing the first time this year. HI
expects to make from $50 to 200 gallon:
of wine.
Mr.. Theodore Wenzel has $500 vines
Mr.. c. NJ. Nield has $500 set out this
Spring. They generally bear pretty
good crop the third year.
Mr.. Wilson has one acre in two yea
old vines, and planted 1000 vines thu
Spring.
Frank Davis, colored, made last yeal
from 20 vines about 40 gallons of wine
as we are informed.
Mr.. A. Gerber has 700 bearing vine!
near his house, and has planted out !, 500
more on his small farm in Walhalla
They arc not yet bearing. He expects
to make 100 gallons or more OF wine OF
his bearing vines.
John Kummerer has about three acres
in grapes, Concord, Champion, Rogers
Cottage, Clinton, Goethe, Northern Vir
ginia, &c. This is the first year they
have borne and he expects to make 4Ot
gallons of wine.
Eicbael and Henry Thcidigman
brothers, have three or four acres il
grapes of the same varieties as Kun
merer. This is the first year they have
borne and they expect TO make 800 gal
Ions of wine this year.
George Berklein has two or three acre
of the same varieties just beginning t.
bear. He expects to make 100 gallons o
wine.
Tho three last named are from g Ger
many, about four years ago. The!
bought land near the foot of the noun
tains, about four miles above Walhaila
and began to plant grapes. All the va
rieties appear to be doing we'll so far. !.
Of course there are number OF pr
vale families with small vineyards ~
famiIy use.l1 be others, no