The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-12-31
CALIFORNIA GRAPES
THEY ARE GROWN NJ NEARLY EVERY
pART or THE sTATE.

II have no doubt that &c win surprise
sven grape and wine growers themselves
70 know that there are invested III vine
yards and wine cellars in the United
States over sI55. 0oo .o10. !. said Col. Fl.
Gardner. special agent Of tho census
once for the collection Of statistics re-
lhfing to viticultnre, q branch Of agri-
culture which has never before received
any Official attenfion In this country. II
find by statistics. which are nov col
lected for the FIRST timc. : said Col. Gard.
rlcr. ''thnf there are ia round numbers
100000 acres of land Ina this country
planted 60 vineyards.
ssTkis 10 an increase of 220. 900 acres In
vineyard area during tho past ten years.
and M incrcase of over $i0 oo0. 600 year
in the capital invested OF che area Of
bearing wires in the country California
alone iln& ] "a. 90 acres. snf lnding %. 600
acres Of fnsin grapes That state also
has of the total investment Of capital
nearly 87s .000. 600 Between oo. .000, ,o00
and ", ,00o. 900 galIons.Of wine are made
in the United States in a year. of which
Californiz producos more tian half.
Sevsn-csghthso Of the grapes Of California
90 to tho wine press. Four-6fths of the
grapes grown In all the rest OF the
United States nre Cor table nse. Cali
fornia alone grows the raisin grape.
II spent three months In California
giving oflicial attention 70 It's viticulturai
interests Although every county in the
staan produces grapes. the principal
ccunfles Of the vine are Napa, Sonoma,
WesnQ- Sanfa Clara, Sam Diego. San
Basn&k& &ina and Los Angeles. although
thsrc - many Others of moro Or les
importance TIE counties Of Fresno,
Ezn Bsrnanlin0. San Diego and Tulare
comprsse khe great raisin district. and
cure 2,000. 900 boxes year, q product
worth u least %. 100000. Tnn grapes
grown FOR raisins arc the Muscat or
Aiex2ndfia and the Mnscak del Gardo
Bzx1cc. These counties grow large
quankzkies OF wins grapes also. and tho
swcef wines of California come prinri-
pally from that district. Fresno county
has 20 ZOO acres Of vineyards, sonoma
"a 600 and Napa $4,000
'srhs gxspes grown n Cslifornia To-
Or :nciude every ya1zetx IT,. -
UxM<4H xM2 - - ks~<1*<s~@N
The cultivation Of tho grape IN CalifoT-
MA dates back TO ths days Of the Old
epanish friars, the Franciscan fathers.
Who brouaht with them from their ma
i've land cuttings Of . grape popular
thore. Just what the true name OF tho
xru,ns was nobody seems 20 know now,
and very few care. for while there ara
n bearing today some Of the vineyarda
or virss So out BY the jolly FranciacAna
; cuutury or more ago, the grspo is not
IN hieh esteem nowadays u has ~
ways ben known as tho 1nission grape
ssThe old mission vineyard supplied
GRAVES for the table and the wine press
q California until comparatively short
tixne ago. Then a Hungarian grape
known n the Zinfandel vas introduced.
This newcomer was handsome, proved
to be generous producer. and took tho
popuIAg heart.
alt proved to be an unfortunate one,
Cor it seemed 30 easy TO grow the zinfan-
ael that everybody planted vineyards.
When they began to bear they bore with
a vengeance. Tho markets became
checked with grapes. and prices went
down 20 disastrous figures. Il became
auraxcnt that the Ziufandel was an IN
sssior grape after al, and 10 cap the cli-
Enax the phylloxera came down on tho
aun9srian importation and bore itaway,
vineyard after vineyard.
s.No now vineyards were replanted
with the Zinfandel. and the vine Is be-
lng replaced with the choicest and hardi-
eef varieties Of wine grapes from the fa-
mous diskritfs Of Europe. including Cab
srnst 6auvignon, C4rbanet Franc, Mai
bock. Tarnat. Meriot and st. Laurent
grapes from the Bordeaux districts;
Mafsros grapes f7cm Paloe; Semillons
md eeuvignons from Sauterne; Pinot
and Petite sirrah grapes from the Bur
gundy distxicts: Johannisbcrgers, Ira
miners and Fnnken Rieslinss from ths
skorisd Rhine; Chasselos grapes from
Alsace-Lorraine, and the rich Burgers
rom Moaalle. "a 10 from these grapes
thaf the wines OF California are pressed.
Il ssThe famous Challose and Folie
Blanche, c0gnac grapes are also largely
,xr.swu. the wine from them being made
[ato brandy. Then thsre are the rich
9M#U6MH 8AMNG&&& @4&A @@&@ @@st&@s% &A"*A
xarian table grape the Flaming Tokay.
a no ether vine region IN the world are
ii these splendid grapes found growing
xide by nike, and they make Of California
ne wondsriand Of the vine.
ssCalifoxnia has the largest vineyard
Ia the world and the most extensive wine
cellar. The vineyard Is Ia Tepaana
s1unfy. on Senator Leland Stanford's
lsmons 5000 acre farm. II contains
1000 acres.
aAmong tbs curiozties Of the Califor-
uia crane region il q vineyard that May
veil be called ihe smallest in the world
= rewards the number Of vines, for IL
haa hut one vine. That ID q most re-
msrknble enc, however, for its branches
sx4nnA Over ! space DC I2.0o0 feet, tho
sane being foot II diameter This ex-
1anxiinary vine iaover seventy years old,
sn3 ~ grown from ~ old mission cut-
nlnr hv 4 Mexican wunap... thRs borne
xrsnexs every yeaf since Il was two years
IA. and Il good now they claim Ter 80
90 * zzaRss : yesf ] was tod -lAAs