STEMMING AND MASHING GRAPES. Ill 



chine in use for mashing grapes, does not separate the stems 

 from the mashed berries. I would draw the attention of our 

 ingenious mechanics, to induce them to add such an addition 



to the present machine. 



Respectfully, 

 Sept. 14, 1849. N. LONGWORTH. 



APPARATUS FOR STEMMING AND MASHING GRAPES. 



Latonia, February 18th, 1850. 

 R. BUCHANAN, ESQ.: 



DEAR SIR, In a letter addressed to the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of this city, by Mr. LONGWORTH, some time last fall, he 

 expressed the opinion that two essential requisites were yet 

 needed, to complete the process of making wine from the Ca- 

 tawba grape ; one of these was a method by which the grape 

 could be separated from the stem, and the other was to 

 impart the peculiar perfume or aroma of the fruit to the 

 wine. 



Before I had seen Mr. LONGWORTH'S letter, my father had 

 resolved to adopt a method for accomplishing both of these 

 objects, by a very simple process, which has been pursued by 

 our family and others, in the vicinity of Tours (in France), 

 for several generations past, in the manufacture of wine. 

 The method is exceedingly simple, and is probably the only 

 one that can be applied successfully to a large crop. Various 

 attempts have been made, in this vicinity, to accomplish the 

 desired object, but they have invariably failed ; the only sure 

 method, it being supposed, was, to pick the fruit from the 

 stems by hand : this tedious process could, of course, only 

 be adopted with small quantities of grapes. My father's me- 

 thod is remarkable for its rapidity, and the perfect manner 

 in which the grape is separated from the stem ; the unu- 

 sual excellence of our wine made by this process the last 

 season, bearing ample testimony to the usefulness of the 

 method. 

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