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baden. — Professor Medicus. — The Kurhaus. — The Gambling Rooms, — Dr.Thoma. 

 — Biberich. — The Chief of the Steinberg Vineyards. — The Steinberg Vineyards. 

 —Mode of Cuhivating the Grape. — The Farm-yard.— Eberbach.— The Wine 

 Cellars. — Tasting Wines. — Bouquet of Old and New Wines. — How to taste fine 

 Wines. — Assorting the Grapes. — Manufacturing the Wine. — Large and small 

 Barrels. — Requisites for making good Wines. — The Presses. — Visit to Johannis- 

 berg. — The Soil of the Region. — Vineyards not Sold. — Their Value. — Palaee of 

 Johannisbcrg. — The Vineyard. — The Cellars. — The Johannisberg and Steinberg 

 Wines. — Rivalry between them. — The Superiority sometimes accidental. — A 

 lucky Stroke. — Prices the same. — Last Glasses of Johannisberg. — Geisberg. — 

 The Experimental Gardens. — Results of Experiments. — High Trimming and low 

 Trimming of Vines. — The School of Agriculture. — Exchange of Seeds. — Depart- 

 ure for Frankfort. — Report of Wine Auctions at Eberbach Page 61 



CHAPTER V. 



GERMANY, THROUGH SWITZERLAND, TO ITALY. 



From Frankfort to Mayence. — The Russian Lady and her Maid. — Her extra Bag- 

 gage. — Our Talk about California. — European Ideas of our State. — Hints for the 

 Press of California. — W^asli dirty Linen at Home. — Chronicle on Normal Progress 

 rather than on exceptional Crimes. — Mayence to Heidelberg. — Tobacco. — Heidel- 

 berg. — Nursery at Wiesloch. — Carl Brunner. — His Nursery, Gardens, and Vine- 

 yard. — His Wine-press. — The great Tun at Heidelberg. — Start for Basle. — Notes 

 by the Way. — Hemp. — Manuring by Burning. — From Basle to Geneva. — Neuf- 

 chatel. — The Swiss and American Lakes. — Geneva. — Passports for Italy. — Amer- 

 icans in Geneva. — Departure for Italy. — The Road and the Country. — St. Jean 

 de Moreno. — The Tunnel. — Crossing the Summit. — The Descent. — Arrival at 

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CHAPTER VI. 

 Italy: — avine and silk. 

 Turin. — Passports. — Leave for Genoa. — Vines and Mulberries. — Plowing. — Grain 

 Crops. — Manuring. — Asti and its Wines. — Reach Genoa. — The Birthplace of 

 Columbus. — Narrow Streets. — Professor Isnard. — Procure Vines. — Nova. — The 

 Silk ^lanufactory. — Jealousy of Visitors. — Scanty Information. — Raising Silk- 

 worms. — Return. — Effects of Asti Wine. — Return to Genoa. — Wine-making in 

 Italy. — No Berths for Civita Vecchia. — Leave for Marseilles. — The Voyage. — 

 Laying by. — Extra Charge for Board. — Arrival at Marseilles 90 



CHAPTER VIL 

 the bordeaux wine district. 

 Leave Marseilles for Bordeaux. — Agricultural Notes. — ^Vines, Olives, Almonds, and 

 Mulberries. — Montpellicr. — Frontignan. — Cettc. — Manufacture of spurious Wines. 

 — Carcassonne. — New Vineyards. — Wheat and Maize. — Toulouse. — The Canal du 

 Midi. — Montauban. — Prunes. — Agen. — Reach Bordeaux. — Botanic Gardens. — 

 American Ships. — Steel-plated Vessels. — M. de Luze. — His Wine-vaults. — Price 

 of Wines. — Corks and Capsules. — Barrels. — The Fruit Nursery. — A Bird Fan- 

 cier. — Prune Establishment of A. Dufour and Company. — Drying and packing 

 Prunes. — California as a Fruit Country. — Dinner with M. dc Luze. — Visit to 

 Chateau Margaux. — The famous Vineyard. — The Store-room. — The Press-room. 

 — Manufacturing the Wine. — Chateau Rauzan. — A bad Year. — Victor Rendu on 

 the Wines of Bordeaux : The different Sorts, — Wines of the Medoc. — The Vines. 



