St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-10
CALF ()RN|A
" I! Is.
ONE
OF the Greatest
INDUSTRIES.

1t is the almost universal belief that the
first cultivation of California wines ties
from recent period, and that the process,
knowledge. and exp Hence in treat.n and
the are essential to give quality are lacking.
III idea is simpI. erroleou . and the sub
iecr is one with which every true American
$40 I'D fully acquaint himself, and encourage
the development and use of this product on
of his native land, in setting nth far and
W d The established fact that or ABSOLUTE
PURI AND BENEFICIAL FToPERTIES the
California wines g vast superior to the
imported, and slould CO. p.etely dsplace
them.
Charles Reuk!. in his work. California.
says: 1.-The DRY Ct grape culture IN Cali
fornia takes IT. rise il. southern districts
of the state. The vine WAS Introduced in the
"a dde of the last cen NY b the Catholic
missions. One of tie N ssionares pl nte1
the seeds. anu the experiment succe1 ded.
The vines fiourisnei TO adm ration, and bore
superior grapes. L -ke plantations were
thea N ade, With e aid OF Indiars q the
Mission OF San Gabriel, in los Angeles
county," This * ract from history total
iissoves the il4I s n OF many that grape cul-
ture in California is Il new dep trture, ami
we strengthen position by quoting from
accurate atistics that las e r!y as the year
1870 the number of vines growing in Caifor-
MIA was -. 54S. 3l5, and II e ne yield in l.
betw en- 7,e0y,0J0 and S,O.U,UU0 gallons. In
1884 there were 1866 producing act es. Out
Of the product 20 per &c I. was us, d or table
grapes and rai-ins. leaving $685. &C es Tor
wine Calculating 400 gallons OF vine to
the ac.e the pio .dct would be Il, l32, $40
rallons. which is generally con e led to be
close computation. b. simIitr methods of
calculation 1t is estimated that h prod yet of
1856 will be %. 00U,O00 gallons OF 1887 25,0OO,
OOO and of 1888 $4,000. JOu."
These a xures are positive evidence of an
enterprise Sd erowi g tlat the m gnitude it
NAV in the near future assume Is am ,st be-
voi d limit, and we must not lose sgnt of the
fact that with this en- Drmous increase in pro-
ductiun ma urally cones additional experience
an treating and handling tuese wines, until
now it is reluctant y, though sur 4ly, 20 iceded
nv European growers and colnoi5seurs that
the California grape is IN lg lif emily devel-
oned. and that Cali orn a wines lave reached
sucb a st tie of perfection as 10 have alreaIy
mo 10 serious iuroads in the demand for for
ei,y, wines. and are constantly me citing with
raeritorious aud substantial recognition, in
fact to such an extent as 20 threaten almost
oornnletely the displacement Of European
proJu ctions.
With the x eennt facilities possess d, the
California Win use. house of the highest
commercial STAN ng the public is enaoiei to
ea,ure these vine. from first hands. As to
the purity and quality oil the wines offered oy
this firm. we need only refer 10 the ind orse-
ments of the eminent med cal gentlemen
whose testimony we preSel' over their re-
suec We signatures, and in thus lending their
announcement in assisting US to place be-
fore our patrons goods entirel1 free from
aduterations they become benefactors, and
are entitled to the gratitude of the public.