The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-02
THE sTAKED PLAINS FOR GRAPES.

interesting experience had By himself IN
short run across the line into Mexico. DR..
Sabin and party came down from Ohio, and
after looking about over Texas for time
they purchased large tract of land in Mar
tin county, 10 be colonized by farmers and
fruit culturists, mainly Ohioans. Being de-
sirous of seeing something o: fruit culture
II Mexico, and particularly of vine culture,
he party, after getting everything settled
IL Martin TO their entire satisfaction, struck
out for visit TO the sister republic, and
Mir. Rawlins went with them.
At L Paso the party crossed the Rio
Grunde to Paso del Norte, where they were
soon among the extensive Mexican vine
yards Of the Rio Grande valley. They made
a special visit TO the vineyard of DIR. Alex
anGer where they were kindly received by
the doctor and his accomplished wife. The
doctor and wife are of German descent, but
have been IN America many years, living on
the Aexinan side. Numerous questions
were asked and IS promptly answered,
mauy OF the answers being all gilt edged"
10 lie Ohio Investigators. For instance:
Doctor, how many grape vines have
your"
i don't know exactly how many" was
tie reply
About how many, DO you suppose"
"Neu, about $1,000
"C9 What variety Of grape DO you raise
mainly2'
The mission, exclusively"
Does the mission ever fail TO give you 4
CROP"
Never" Laughing, he added: The
mission failr
But It fails with Us in Ohio-we cannot
raise it there at all
Neither can we successfully raise the
Alexander here, - continued the doctor,
''Uut if we could yo wouldn't want to do it.
Here is the natural home Of the mission
grape, which is a grape superior TO all
others for heavy crops. Then it is supe-
rior table grape, and one Of the richest wine
grapes extant"
Ion, yes, " continued the doctor, address
Ing his wife, and calling her by name,
rive me the keys"
Those keys, adds Mn. Rawlius, ''opened
lne way for US into a large adobe building.
II had walls two feet thick Inside those
walls we found wine cellar No. /, which
was fourteen feet high and some 100 feet
oNg. In TINS cellar were many ho"sheads
oi new VINE, the result OF last years Vln-
age From here we We're taken TO cellar
80 = Just ABOUT The same size as No. l, No
was iuA o. o.u VINE
y suppose from appearance oil ,nings mere
jol don sell any grapes, " one OF the yisi-
,crS ventured TO remark, ''and that IN con-
sequence OF having no market for grapes,
fou turn your entire crop INTO VINE
"a are OF there, sad the deter. Il
'.4.' .Ho ra7y sale for al - grapes
"''Ses' Oh as. '-aes, and Tor al r.'e Er;pcs
GOULD "s' on thousands OF aadlaona!
.'.e5-
''s-' yoa would soon glnt the market"
.'No' on. Of II The demand toH grapes
RAPIDLY get,lnE better every year. pre-
Pc" ~ i"E nay grapes INTO Vine. livery
.eaf el Eeri-nF over the "-Ae 30 improves
}n gl"atF, aa@ therefore IN value, 81
course as 10 give ne LHe interest Ga my
nFeStM-uJ Should desire 10 do SO l
gallon, ouJ Tor reasons already limited st !
're4e! Keeping il
Wonderful! What uoyou consider your
auds worth per acre. ~
My lands planted 20 mission grapes are,
It the vines five years old, worth $1,000 an
i're, 1 have learned from thorough eX-
'rrionce. that nothing pays so well as the
vine. can make much more from my
.lnos carrying the value Of $1,000 an acre,
ana taxable Tor that amount, OF course, than
could to put out the money involved ct
any reasonable rate of interest
we tested the Old wine, continues MIR
haw-us. and could not do otherwise than
pronounce upon il As goods entirely hard
70 beat.
Commenting on the foregoing Mr.. Raw
Inns states thar If lands planted 10 vines
surely We might say, with every safety,
THAT our lands on the Staked Plains planted
10 vines would be worth 500 an acre, at
least Here We can raise the mission grape
rs well is they can raise 1t there, and our
natura. advantages qualify US TO make
tHsl-class success with near every variety
"f good native grape. II is now scientifically
and practically demonstrated that we can
.TrigIte the Stlkel Plains. This brings