Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-03

| Ii makes o good white and also goo'
red wine. On poor soil it will not do
but Is . good bearer on the better elias
Of land. It should never be 5irrigate,
after April. The berries grow in YER
compact punches on short stems. and 3
late maturing on good soil swells tn
berries 10 such an extent that they hay'
no room to expand, they burst in th'
middle Of the bunch aud the conse
ouence IL that the whole must rot.
think the planting OF Zinfandel is over
done and should be stopped LITTLE
while as too much of one kind viii
deprieate Its value. Hai
Black Hamburg do not advise t.
plant. 1t is liable to rot and Ia besides
not 20 cd winegraps, Black Morocct
and Bose OF Peru discard for thu
same reason, although not subject to
rot like the Hamburg. Both are Wig
orous growers and produce good table
grapes.
continue the list of black grapes
and come next to the Concord, pativs
Of the Eastern States. THIS grape does
well here. 1 have never yet used sui
phur on II, yet never saw mildew or an.
other disease. neither On the leaves moi
on the fruit. At least row Of them
should be planted in every vineyard for
the excellent jelly they make. Fol
wine 1t has the dissgreeable habit OF
never ripening its lunches perfectly. a
there are always entirely green berries
on otherwise ripe punches. This viii
not hurt for jelly, hut would never dc
for wine.
further have tried the Malbee and
Black Pinot, They are poor bearers,
particularly the first one, and do not
make up ia quality for loss in quantity.
Next comes the Lenoir 1.-THE black !.
It Is wild grape Of the Southern
States and q resistant--that IL, proof
against the phylloxsrs. The foliage Il
Of dark green, with an abundance oil
very large leaves, making the vine very
handsome. The fruit grows in long,
loose bunches all over the vine. The
Juice in the bsrriss Is already red and
the vine of an inky darkness. In is on
this account q very valuable variety for
coloring red wines, 40 in some years the
Zinfandel and other varieties are def
Gent in color, and very small guam
tity OF the Lenoir vine Is sufficient To
make red even out of . white wine.
The Lenoir makes q frst-rate grating
stock, as il takes the graft readily and
grows very vigorously even on poor soil.
To make it bear much it should be
pruued long With many spurs. the more
left the better it il.
Now come to the Cabernet 6auvig.
non, . Bordeaux grape, which 10 consid-
cred in France % making the very best
red wines. OF the Caberpet with Mer-
lot ia made the celebrated Saint Julien.
Chateau Il Rose and other fine wines.
The foliage is dark green leaves. deeply
serrated. . strong grower. even on pool
soil. The bunches are small and berries
the same; the. wine Of dark, ruby color
I thiuk nobody will regret to have the
Cabernet planted instead Of Ziufandsl OF
any other much bearing vine, o. In Z
short time quality will be sought and
paid for; this is my firm belief. see
that o Livermors winemsker offers fol
Cabsrnets $50 ton, while for Mataro
Zinfan lei aud Carignon he only Offer
$50 q ton.
The Merlot Is vine very similar Z
the Cabernet, also . fine BordeAu,
grape. bat not quite 70 renowned. i
grows here extremely well. have
further planted the Trousseau, or. a
Others call it, Bastardo. 1t should never
be planted on sandy soil, but does well
on heavy bottom land. The punches OF
this grape are small, berries Medium
sizs. It is good grape for red wine.
but Il the best for Port. i It u the reel
Port.wine grape Of Portugal. and ~ the
demand for Port wine IL very large. this
grape cannot be planted too much.
The Mataro is said to bs the founda'
ton Of the French olsrets with Carig-
non and 3renache. have eight acres
Of it anted and will make this yeaI
the first wine OF it. cannot, therefore,
speak from experience about the wine
Mr.. Wetmore, whom we recognize a.
an authority in matters concerning ths
vine and wines, says that the Matart
makes the best keeping wine Of any
grape, on occount Of the large amount
OF tannin 1t contains, and that II i'm.
parts its keeping quality to other wines
it is mixed with. 1t is, therefore,
wine we ought to plant more. The
plant wants good soil and is a.rsthel
slow grower in comparison with others
Next is the Grenache. black craps
from Southern France, one of immense
growth and q heavy bearer. As
found on eight acres planted two
years ago, and on which l shall make
this year quite good crop. 1t is said
to be- the grape used mostly for French
claret, and very valuable to make swee
red wine, on account Of its good colo
and great amount Of sugar It contains
The Carignon, Of which l have also
eight acres planted, 10 doing very well
and IL said to be q good bearer and I
good claret grape.
The two last ones, but particular,
the Grenache, do well on poor soil.
have tried it and can recommend it TO
such land. Many serious mistakes &C
cur in planting vines on soils not suited
to its habits and . failure is sure to fol
low. I had to pay dear for several mis-
takes have made In this way and /
may save loss aud annoyance 10 some o
you II you will listen TO what ! hav'
said.
These are all Of the black grapes l an
acquainted with from personal expert
ence, aud will now continue with wha
I know of white grapes;
Orleans Riesling should be trained OF
long stakes. and Il rightly trimmed ia /
very good bearer. With me it is not Z
strong grower. which may come from
having It planted on rather poor land
on which I had formerly Miss on which
grew splendidly on this same land. The
punches are below medium, very com
pact, berries good sixs. The grape
mature late, one Of the latest / have.
The wine from 1t is Glow in maturing
like all good wine.
White Chasselas. az it 10 called here
which several experts call the Palomina
and they probably are right, IL one o.
the best white grapes know Of. Ii il
a very thrifty grower. makes Zoe leave
to shade the grapes, which are large ant
in large clusters Of delicions tase. II
is g medium good bearer evory year
The wine fsrments easy without any
trouble whatever. 1t "a to my taste the
best table grape without exception, bu
does not bear transportation well. II
as the experts say, this grape IL the tru'
Palomina, then we have In 1t the verJ
best sherry grape Of all. have Away
recommended this grape to wine-growers
have offered the cuttings for what the!
cost and am seriously contemplating to d.
what the Prior Of the Cloister Of Newberl
did. / would have done so already il
had known that story sooner. Mission
and Malvoisis were too much for Chas
selas or Palomiua and SO had to burr
my cuttings. The Chssselas grows wei
on all soil, even on poor. The wine o
the Chasselas or Palomina 10 &c good q
the grapes are for eating, and they ar
excellent.
| The Muscatsl of Alexandria Is enly a
for sweet wine aud the best grape fo
raisins. ! will not say anything Of till
grape a. Mr.. Mcpherson will tell 20,
all about 1t. II does well here.
| The Burger, or Berger-I do no
know which Is the right name--is tn
next on the list. II Is the principa
white grape planted here, q atronl
grower on good soil and on sach
heavy bearer. It should never be plant
ed ON poor land where water Ia not Il