S F Ml TROPK ’ r a I. IFOF.VIA. 
i the i 
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white sugar, to bitter sweeta oue and one-' hook, the plow and the irrintimr <•) 
naif pound,Hfid toaweetorange* on® pound Water i* pvcrvthing i, thr x r .* it 
of the beat white sugar, and to each gallon ' have it from the heaven* .,r l— v ,|, 
of the mixed juice ami sugar one ,,f the genitm ot it* ••.« „..' r -' \U*'* 
pure water, J’he whole is put into a barrel, rely on a pay , , .p \ , u .|, a , , t . 
and a space of about five gallons rapacity will bo disappointed no matter h 
is left for the expansion of the wine during 1 tl ry may run the plow (u | t 
fermentation, Tim --range wine has t„ .in lk-i lea, »- a writer fr- rn .Sonoma «t, 
dergo the lower fermentation, ai hy lb- »h<-rt time nine#, ih ae proprietor* , 
upper fermentation all the volatile matter latter-.oils v«iM in 4 time find t 
and the aroma Would escape. The barrel vine* giving symptom* nf decay and d. 
must b« closed air-tight, and a fermenting Our imntm-n are i mg, dry and h -t, - 
tuho adjusted. For tlm first few day# tfi, ration rapid. Th. f l-i-ig i ,i Pru h t 
fermentation is very vigorous, ami lire bar- during tin. trying period it i. *vok-ni to»i 
rels must be watched dowdy to prevent I fn- i-iiur# must 1 .• .upp 1 I j>, m r 
their bursting. After a few -lavs the f. r -r-urcas than pm-ipltationa, In tr«%.-l- 
muntstion subsides gradually, ihr wine ha» ing from Mount Shasta t,. t b* ., lC i , ; 
to be raked off and the Ices nan be filtered. . boundary of our Stare wl.-r--.r-r vr 1, t, m | 
The fermenting tube has to be again-ad- a w»!d graj»e vine sr wir.g. it »d| f. 1, i 
justed to the new barrel and has to remain that tm.Uturo i* near the . |r i.,,|i i, 
till the fermentation eeases entirely. About! natural; for nearly Hi p»r rent. 1 t h. 
six weeks after that period the win* |, n « t„ j little fruit that hi. fill-,| th- ».. r |d with 
be raked off a second time, and in a rrmnih ! delight water, oxygen ami hydro.- 1. 
more will be fit lor the market, as no second »he other 10 per 1 i-nt.i# principally n 
or ‘Spring" fermentation occur*, a* it the) Thtt bnrjuet, aroma i.r volatile - ili .« m m 
case with grape wines. ; liitdfhncd quantity, ar.d chemist* have n- - 
Orange wine is of an amber color, tastes yet been able t-- satisfactorily determine 
like dry hock, but retains forever thn aroma I'heir quantity and quality, no more than 
of the orange. they have the mystery of the essential I 
From the cakes, which I took out of the ( nature of the fermentation. X.-w, for new 1 
press. I made vinegar, with an addition of; beginners, I will advance the i,les H at ■>> 
water and molasses, which was sold m know the Mission grape «nd have found it 1 
twenty-live cents per gallon, wholesale; u-u-fnl. S, have 1>pi.,tu n. 
amj from tho peels, oil of rinmgcs or au ex- Sherry districts, f r it is the Him- i-upr 
tract of orange could t-e mailc. and so every | The Portuguese am satisfied with u, - 
particle of that delicious fruit can be util- and the fortune* nf (to ir district* -n* 1 • 1 
i-ted. Twelve hundred sour oranges, and in adhering to it. They am n< 1 dung ' 
1,300 bitter sweet or sweet oranges disk* otT hunting Zi.ifainJ-d and .11 her va»i«*'i.e».; 
barrel of forty-five gallons ol' wine and]They have a good thing in their she 
aMCRican grape tiitoiw 
1 tu September 
1 upon the char 
1. tiiuist spell 
flow. Anything I 
as early an-i • 
the development - 
ten gallons of vinegar. Yours, etc . 
Entv aki> Pycatl: 
MISSION CRAPES. 
and port, an I are thoroughly - 
so are some of us, and we Join- no j 
j change. The beginner can get hi# cutting# j 
i-f the Minton grape for nothing. They j 
are vigorous and strong, ami with Iras care 
The following are n few extract* from a | **»an he bestow# ,.n an acre if Indian «-«-tn 
letter by Governor Downey to *lu> Sm [ h«> can ntcctssfully tend hi* acre of unr 
Francisco Itnlletin , last November: yard. 
1 he number of (rer&unc in if- - db 1 1 
who are prepared with cellar*. Vats and j tangible about the reasonable pn.d-i.-i of 1 
pip-, la limited, »o that . • 
vineyards have to depend upon the axle --I j Arigtdea have paid tins year A.'i a ton for 
their grapes; these small gntpmgnjwera, grape*. The owners of the Cm-ant. -i.g# 
have been treuted, ns a rule, very sattsf.ic I rmevard lutving m >re vats and pipe* than 
tonly, and llu-profits of their lilltn plan * j tin. product of their own > in-rard i-ul-l 
J 1 ’'",bMn quite large Mj 
Ideil fritm ! printors in the surrounding country. These 
j to mII their grape* ! | 
par tcti than t-» haul , 
WHAT IS WIRE MADE Of • 
owming that not un 
wd In Fan* >• made - 
Wri.an* who turn u 
lUioa uf our own grape# 
r what th# •puM-u» | 
tie of. An •xchang# « 
tion has been that the rr<«iOt 
♦ IIS to f|!|J per nerr, but exceptions] I sntall 
vineyard* have yieldml far greater return* «i t ueamonga at 
W lien well oultirated an-1 tlinr.mghly ' 
gated, the results aln-ve »tatr.| will *timu was Mr. IlilUrman, wh- lin-li.mil, 
late the planting of new vineyard* t> 
extent never be font contemplated, 
rich alluvial valley will give the gr<-n 
yield and the tn-i.tt vlgxirou*, long f 
vine, and the M 1**1011 grape will t-rov- 
IhiihI in Ia>s Angeles county, the r 
profitable. planting. The require 
Kvpericuon ia worth something in g«..d I plant, plow and irrigate in season. I». 
ing this beginners, ami to them 1 will state ] i« no bnarttending rust, no ouavly .mi l. 
that we havo viituyards of the Mix-dun rrv , no r\hau<ling tro.ible ■ I..• .it |«l. 
grape seventy and'eight v year* old that sacks or I'r.-.gl.t rl.arg-s. l hc owner I 
have never nenaud to yield their abundant just to pick h»# grapes, dump tin tu out 
crop* w ithout once failing to respond laiuu I the basket mt-> the wsg-n bed, p it ' 
tifully to the magic lunch of the pruning j wagon -in the scale*, weigh, get In* tick 
them to |.i« Angtdea at ♦: 
it I was Mr. Ilillnririati, who iun 
■ 
-it #?0 per ton, gave him (tl,n.- 
•»l 1 vineyard was only an ln< 
rd 1 orchard ami bwe ranch Th 
at [bn satisfactory Th« v.o.va. 
wi estate, rr-imring no seedit 
planting. 
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