s A' \f T- TROPIC CAL I FOR;VI A. 
y e*r. it is no longer an experiment; VtNEYftNS) OB|JRViTK)N«. 
whether we cun make a light win* of the Rotme "ri*r»ii-7Wj. Having reront 
heat quality, it i* a fact accomplished — a ly ir»u-W through sport ion of L *« Angc!*-- 
fact which all viticulturists w ho have tried j ami San IWnsrdirm rountn**, 1 have , 
our wines admit. I can *how wine in | eluded give v cu a few u..ie» r.mrmnf 
quantities which only carries seven percent; my oirscrvaiioii* oiimh; the w» j 
of alcohol, and it can he drank with plena- ising vineyards .,f ..nr I., 
ML- ft 
inave no dullneae of 'ho luind Hehiml. Of for the future of the grape*. The ph>l’. v-r 
course, this cannot bo done with tin- Mis- whi-dt has devastated Franc* and pq*t>.... 
aion grapo, and ihtl voniict fiinnih-.t on that of Noritwr# California , , 
grape Inis brcrl « jest one, which .aid that; majority .1 o.jr voi nit........ , v , 
wm could not make a light wine, sod that , the t-.i-..n that tl.._- .rr gating -10 h.-- ... 
all our wines had a shorty flsvnr. Th*- every hand cm l • brought r ..., 
,?of Other varieties of granea, bow | lion to drown out the prst should 
;r, tolls a different tale. The planting of I appear. 
Binue ICIhon, Burger, Ziufandel, and Char- an orv x or r*avitwTt<>\ 
bonesu, ohsogi 
based upon wittn of every kind and tarielv 'even in our vetiun, and n , gr*.,- 
frotn Northern California should 
t***i until it t» oertain thr« have 
the largest wo over had, at’tcn ilniu-sii I 
pounds to the acre, and allowing fire thou¬ 
sand seven hundred acres in bearing, it 
gives fifty seven million one hundred and 
thirty thousand pounds oi grapes pi dnevd 
in this county this year; and, taking fifteen 
pounds of grapes for u gallon of Mine, this 
would give the grand total of three milium 
eight, hundred thousand gallons of wine. 
These figures seem largo, even to mo, 
yet 1 cannot soe how 1 can make thi-in lr*». 
I am in a favorable condition to make c»ti 
mates, for I have bought the product of 
n.iny vineyards for actcral years, ami thu ' 
February, w» as to make the vine !»«> m 
putting out bins*,.m* m the spring an M 
tn avoid an April froat which sometime* 
tramp* along this way in the f lnrt half of 
that month. The same opinion has been 
advanced by some af the fiireisula 
yardivi*. Iren. St'-namao, nn jh* p n «ir»r. 
made from our grape, viz.: the Mission 
Taking the present year’s yield, which ir 
__| dun n 
fee tie). It i* surely easier to keep the pc»r 
out at present than it will b« to eaterou 
nate it in the future. The vineyards ««t ..m 
last Spring are nearly all in a’hcalthy 
dition. 1'he farmrr whn left i.is catlings 
tu the mercy of the voracious rabbit ha*, 
however, little lo hop* for. The drotruc 
tton of the young vineyards by these 
creatures must hare discouraged many 
A good lath fence from two to four feet in 
height seems to be the only effective liar- 
tier. 
ntc*Tio.N» eon aunt ct'LTt u. 
The area in vineyards t* extending in an 
One 
y.iir have huu^hl over twelve milliee eaUw.w.li'.ar.l, raj.i I ■ - - 
.Ml. ill ... AIM.... i„ v . -* 1 '- 
.... Here, a, an aver,we, m., “ ,M “*•' . ... .,-.w, 
several vineyards which I bought yielilci 
ten tons, and I believe five tons is within 
the fact. 
oew comers. Lands which three ream ag.< 
were valued frout 110 to ♦la per aero have, 
s'ltce the grape excitement began, readily 
l'rol.al.1). half the vineyard, of It... | , J* 
he grown ... ...» put of J..« .l.aUw, | , v fr.,1... -.An. Vail. ,. IV. 
witl.nul irrigation, will, .rr.g.l.™ la^.r , , 
crops, arc produced,, and vincvarda retain 1 , )f toW() 
their Fertility and thrift for huminds of v Miimr- “intro 
years. Irrigation autnils much work, and ,, . , , . , , , 
It ...Hv ye.. an ,,...1 , "/» l "" 1- * ,|J K . 
wl.ivi, pay. ..«.... .•> 0 - 1 - I-". 
.., nr .mg.. 1 . 5 , ,..,1 .. „„ ..- J.. U...I.U.. 
gallon Can U .. ver, ......... rl.e.n,,. v.. o.l-l.... -wJ....,, wwwn, ... I ... - 
* • r i in lie oependad upon. Fur wwt muis* 
*(ler the anon 
find tog 7,.’!' 
u arrested oner 
tnwi of other vine* to which u 
work of growth, which la a 1 
nature. Ue main tains that a 
greater than a pert, and that 
"idusOvM which the few i‘..rt 
that are left by 
a.th that of a fu 
'.eaitb. The <»• 
i sding and cal 
permeate, g 
mediate pro. 
i«k to fulfil 
i pr 
In regard to tbi 
ar* akin two theor 
nM sbnuhl be In 
-ailasi ahs 
Sow own 
-aeral M. 
favurite twrietim 
be Ike Hla 
say fur unc f.iurth, and tin- again fixnia 
factor in the pioblom of * Winch pays' L V U . 
I. u...r. 1.0 li-nr-. nd a 
I.long a, Wli.l pr.,.,1. ... ’ - 1 
galiou is a iirovcntivo of iho phylloltria. ,M " f > 1,1 ‘ 1 * ‘ 
1 . . , , ' 3 . •cars, evinced their . .wfcdro •# in the la 1 
fool.ng in .. (h . wH , 
. aroa of their viwevarda Twenty avn 
d our upland a arc j g^p*, ih.-y hate found to be a' belter 
.. , , , * —■ lands veslment than two linndn I 
the lauds that will produce gro,.,-v,.f| „.i- ro*t il-.ef-n.,. 
tho highest value 1 | ie po».hiluu-« hero > K , 4WI | .„J . .ii.maldv -ill ,. 
. A groat future le in «»<•«• : vl( , h( , bulwark* u, , ir future 
there is a coinfortabln 
water. 
Our mountain sliq 
y the lowest in price, and yet tU 
llus system > 
calmt of sbeet 
short pruning 
the 
for 
It may bo safety stated that grape*, 
grown for sale to wi'nu maker-, thm year, 
have netted ninety dollars an acre, l..r il„. 
crop was large and tho price go...i. Tin* 
average price thi« 
twenty-one dollars a tor.. The wine and j prune th* 
brandy mad.* would sell to day for over * 1 Some 
million of dollar*. | ^ 
PRUhINB VINE*. 
Th« season of vineyard pruning has m 
arntaii, ami *..me of our »iimj«i.IuI« lu 
already coiuincnced tliat i-,..p.'.rt*nt w,> ; 
ihs 
ro ta a wide iGfferenei 
our city vineyanlii 
unsafe to prune 'ill Jan. 
I opi. 
yard* lhat have I'uren *hoei fowned foe one 
b i i.irwd year*. 
«In tJycw trot lit 'ien.*r*l Stoo'inao hn*ls by 
I long pruning, that the vie Id ol bw vineyard 
ha* Iraen greatly increased, but whether 
i th*s inrroaae will list one hundred years >* 
yet unknown. The grape industry is now 
,«... large and important that lira moai ean>- 
fui caper.meota should be mads and pub- 
I ..bed as «.< the boat meihnda of pruning — 
