Remark on the Rulander and Louisiana. 



101 



irope, :ind if the Louisiana will 

 ire give lis a suneriov hoek (that is, a 

 ine of the character of the illus- 

 ions Rhinegau wines), we have 



it, according to the taste of the 

 ist connoisseurs, the most perfect 

 ape for light wine that can be 

 light after — the non phis ultra. 

 I will close with the remark that 

 e lirst number of the Grape Cul- 

 RisT was, so far as I had a chance 



learn, received with universal 

 v^or, and that a highly beneficient 

 fluenee of this new journal is gen- 

 ally expected. Many of our Ger- 

 %n vintagers being yet unable to 

 iderstand the English text, I was 

 licited, in the German edition of 

 e American Agriculturist, to commu- 

 3ate the main contents of the Grape 

 JLTURIST. I have no objection to 

 ing so. Fr. Muench. 



Our friend differs with us in this 

 int, but we deny that the Louisiana 

 the only native grape w^hich will 

 ake a hock wine. In our opinion, 

 e Delaware, Taylor^ and Maxa- 

 wny, make wines resembling hoek, 

 rhaps as close as the Louisiana, 

 le Taylor, in our opinion, comes 

 ■arer to the Eiesling, of Europe, 

 an any other wine Ave have; and 

 I Avill certainly not class it as a 

 aropean variety. We do not in the 

 fvst doubt the word of Mr. Theard, 

 it we know of too many instances 

 lere inen have been honestly inista- 

 Mi. In one instance, the Kebecca, 



clearly a Labrusca by its foliage, was dis- 

 seminated as a seedling from a Malaga 

 grape. Our friend will not deny, we 

 hope, that both the Louisiana and 

 Rulander aie entirely different in foliage 

 from all other European varieties. 



Be that as it may, however, we agree 

 upon one point, that they are valuable 

 grapes. With us, here, the Rulander 

 has been more productive than the 

 Louisiana, and has made a wine which 

 will favorably compare with the 

 choicest sherry, and to which was 

 awarded the first premium, as best 

 light-colored wine, at Cincinnati, the 

 committee unanimously ranging it at 

 one hundred, their ideal of perfection. 

 We have never had enough of the Lou- 

 isiana to make wine from it, but hope 

 to do so next year. We have, however, 

 seen wine from it, which was indeed 

 very fine, and, in our opinion, resem- 

 bled choice hock very closely. We do 

 not claim to be very familiar with the 

 wines of the old world, but are not 

 aware that the Clavner, or any of its 

 sub-varieties, make a wine at all 

 resembling sheny, as the Rulander 

 evidently does. Plow will our friend 

 account for this ? 



I'hat the two are distinct, there can 

 be no doubt, although so closely re- 

 sembling each other in foliage that we 

 dre unable to tell them apart. But in 

 the bunch, and mucli more in its juice 

 and in the wine, there is a great differ- 

 ence, as much so as in the Cynthiana 

 and the Norton, which some would he 

 smart men also hint are the same. 



Editor. 



