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This he.vi ml i, Hic'iL'kK, from u photograph, represents « cluster *.f roses gathered 
H '"j arranged by Mr. Rose «t his homo, mill adopted by him as a Trade. Mark. It i» u 
fitting emblem of the mutn» Rose, mid of the purity of the Sunny Slope wines. 
80NNY SLOPE, I This last pure huso mevMitattd a dehtj 
the HOUR OK I.. J. JUMk. which, with a high rate of interest—*2^ per 
S IN NY SLOPK was our destination «# COMl * l* r month—it required the most rigid 
we left the city of the Uueen of thoj »"d careful manigemeut to carry. 
Angels for a short drive of twelve miles. I , lu ‘" “/* tto * a , d A * h41 l, "“ e "‘<*rprls..ig 
The day was one of the many beautiful ^‘Jtlemm. lias paid *130,000 interest alone, 
•lavs of February, the sun shining brightly 1 "” m ° f .*!"? 8 ' n ® Ur ! t »•>•« »*•• " r 
from a cloudless »kv, roads always gt.o.1 ,nteroBl; m ' ro nigh, and the benefits of Ins 
and our horse sniffing the invigor'afina at-' ■ mproveimshta werff for tho most part in tins 
mmphere, tampered by the cool sea luSjta! " ll > ,,Q readily unilnrsli.od that 
Our course was eastward, and led us eren ,uoh r,ce *’“* 1 » r y coftae, 
nearly half the way through the ontfnro * u * ar ' an ' ! mttn J OOinforia were, for a time, 
groves and Title yards of Sail Gabriel v allay ,,MWM5n quantities hy Mr. Hose and his 
In the midst of grove..mi vine*, sit? S.iftny ll 7° u ’'? wito * w,1 ° W^ked faithfully by Ins 
Slope, beautiful in this realm of beauty, 7 j*!'' 0 ® n ®W '"I uh1 , " 1 Ij '» " w " 
A wide avenue, shaded on eaeh *id« h v *" ,J werL ' **Peddled around" 
large orange tre.-s -the *• orange avenue " lv " k " thrir ,nc,J,n 'b for lho gaimral Ji« 
—half a mile in length, leads fro.,, thJ' ,l,M 1,1 " frmt lna ' le »*■ neoesaary 
main roar] to the front do<*r of the < omftirt- ,,,at purchases should be made lOO.tly 
able but unpretentious residence of J K or cash. 
Hose, proprietor of riutiny Slope. j Thera arc at present on this estate about 
Upon being informed of iht natura ■ml 13,000 crnirigA and lemon trees, two-thirds 
design of our viatl, thi* gentleman grace which .re in baaiing; 1U0 acres in other 
fully auhmitted himself to the infliction of bearing fruit trims; MO acres now in vine 
what was designed 44.1 our part to b#au 'yard, besides 3GU Auras now biting fenced 
to lin planted to vine* till. year. 
This makes, without doubt, the largest 
vimsv*'d in fhn world. Two hundred 
sta of 
h this 
To 
wr 
•tills, and finally into t 
any wuic of labor. T 
no uting room i* 100*120 fast, with < 
a capacity of 240,000 gallons Wi 
machinery it ia poealbU to work gr» 
the rate of ten tons per boar, and t 
3,000 gallon, of brandy in i4 bout 
this adil three cellars. 75*1"" feet, . 
•hop, and a constant strrxm <i( cord 
water, and tl»e present facilities of the di 
Cillery arc briefly state.j. In addition 
this Immense storage eanaritr, it i. no 
found neceasary to build a mammoth bri< 
cellar, 100x150 feet, and two %t->rie* hig 
which will at none be commenced, to a 
commodate tho immense quantities .1 f wii 
in pipes hundreds nf fee! long, piled up 
great ricka out doors. 
All the principal varieties of wine * 
mad# at Sunny Slnp>- Port, Augi 
exhaustive into, view, His answer* in 
inquiries wore illustrated by the object# #f 
our investigation, and many tia'ias did wi- 
think, while driving over the estate, with 
Sheba's queen, •*the half was neve, told." 
I he nucleus of tin- now magnificent 
“Sunny Slope" was founded early in tlw 
year 1801 by tho pun li.se of the (.ourtnoy 
trai't of 50 acres, in order to auouic* the 
water source, Mr. ib.sn wa. soon compelled 
to purchase *4,000 a,-re- of the Handle ,s a „t. 
Anita, much against hi. iuelinaiioii; but a 
Ichs amount could not be trough I. One 
hundred an.ll sixty h-t. « at that time con¬ 
stituted in hi. mind a sufficiently large (arm 
for nil purposes nf fruit «rul stuck. 
Hut being forced into so r*t.-n»ivo a 
field, Ins energies and rosoorcus weie taxed 
to their utmost cupanty to i 111 ii rove it un,| 
hundred acre., m part 
Maibn Villa property, iv«rn « 
acres on the south purehaaed, 
■Jims, which ia the proaont > 
Slope. 
. tin* Sierra 
dd, and I i >.'11 j 
making l^ilK) 
ici of Sunny 
. , ..S-. v . <-.4;. _b d 
ighty acres am devoted U> rai.iuu feed for 
stock. Tlmre am HUH acre, hi pasture 
l.inl, which ia productive wnud land. 
Sunny Sloiui malutHin. a fin® stud of 
thorough-br* os, many "f which arn wlii 
In alt'll, ohief mnofig tin in Sweetheart, a 
two ye.r old, which won » world-wide fame 
by trotting a milo in Vt]J, .nd Mild even 
prior Hi that bo yt l-'of the training 
and earn of tbla fine .Un'k cvvirytidug i» 
piovided in a mii~l tlioimigli maiinar. The 
ran.' track i. almost pm feel, tba lavrns 
ample ami well eoustrueted, tha aysUtm nf| 
glooming and fediug outnploie. 
Mr, Ibi.e has constructed ths most |iei 
feet winery it is uow pimsible t«i produce,, 
Procuring lie’ most niipioved machinery 
made liu has placd 11 in tha most advau 
tageou* puaition. Tho grape, are taken 
fenm wagons at tho top of a hilUnle and 
b«i into the centrifugal ii.tractoi of ifi.-, 
juice, whence it ruim by gravitatmii mb- 
Muscatel, Sherry, Cu-sui-xigo, II-. 
Claret The finer qualities of b. 
HI.UC Kibe 11, and of t 'Urel / fare). 1 
thcM> wiiie« a targe trad* is done m c 
a* well as in bulk- l$r.s>.d r has air 
been a specialty with Mr. Howe, and 
quantities of it lying around mil doors 
so immense that we can only wonder 
they will be consumed, y«t we are lub 
the manufacturer that this i® only a s 
rpnintity comparatively. 
Froperly b«-longing p> tins .I Wl r.t 
though located in |^,s Angel 
lory* worked by Stp.rn A I 
partners in the wine buxines.; 
P"*« of making brandy; an 
ambition ill thi. branch of his 
to manufacture a reliable 
artiole of pure grape brandy, 
of study and chemical eapuri 
eu.ci erlsd; his brandy i* a» w 
llrnessey A Olard, arid over 
ions havs been made at Sunn 
yi-sr, besides 3S0,0(X* gallons o 
To mauufaoture tbeso eicei 
of liquors, 11.OHO.OHG Itw 
»re bought from HW pen 
lb* , the (mine pr.niu 
latter wilt double oach year 
years to cume. 
Mr. Hose baa sold, this wmt 
l uUiugs, and will reach 1,-VlK) 
the .eaaud, 
A few ideas of Sunny SI 
gathered from the above abb 
wrqitum, but, aa wo reavarkeii 
ginning, b> be seyu It must he 
Tn leal th« largeness of this 
sUcoaeful enterprise one mu 
and 
ok are 
• distil- 
If;we (1 
•bo are 
), for 1 
he pvir- 
id Mr. 
ibwe's 
and v 
mi form 
A fte 
r years 
veil kn 
own a. 
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of the 
