Hyatt's Hand-book of Grape Culture: Or, Why, Where, When, and how to Plant and Cultivate a Vineyard, Manufacture Wines, Etc., Especially Adapted to the State of California. As, Also, to the United States, GenerallyH. H. Bancroft, 1867 - 279 páginas |
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Página 15 - And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Página 10 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 227 - ... gallons to the pipe of must, by which the fermentation is generally checked. About two months afterwards, this mixture is coloured thus : — a quantity of dried elderberries is put into coarse bags ; these are placed in vats, and a part of the wine to be coloured being thrown over them, they are trodden by men till the whole of the colouring matter is expressed, when the husks are thrown away.
Página 228 - Another addition of brandy, of from four to six gallons per pipe, is now made to the mixture, which is then allowed to rest for about two months. • , , : ... "At the end of this time, it is, if sold...
Página 241 - It makes its appearance only on nearly full-grown berries, exhibiting in the first stage a discolored spot on the side, but never at the base, of the berry, about two lines in diameter, with a dark spot in the centre. This spot soon becomes light brown, and remains so; while the surrounding part of the berry gets darker, and exhibits a rough or (under the magnifier) pustulous surface : gradually now the berry shrivels up, and becomes black. The individual fungi are little spherical bodies...
Página 50 - The soil of the vineyards at Los Angeles and Anaheim is a deep, light, warm sand. To the inexperienced eye it looks as though it were too poor to produce any valuable vegetable growth. In Sonoma and Napa Valleys the vineyards are planted in a red, gravelly clay near the foot of the mountains, or in a light, sandy loam in the centre of the valley. Of late the vine-growers of these valleys have done without irrigation. In Santa Clara Valley most of the vines have been placed in a rich, black loam,...
Página 240 - Pers. ?) It makes its appearance in the latter part of June, on the lower downy surface of the leaves of the Catawba variety of Vitis Labrusca, (the only one extensively cultivated here,) forming irregular confluent spots. The horizontal fibres of the mycelium have a diameter of 0.005 line, finer and whiter than the hair of the down with which they are interwoven; the erect fructiferous stems, about...
Página 240 - Those attacked on their surface or on their pedicles soon fall off : but the most material damage is done by the mildew infesting the leaves; whereupon the greater part of the berries will gradually turn yellowish-brown at their base, shrivel from that point, assume a club shape, and at last dry up entirely, usually remaining adherent to the withered racemes. This is the brown rot, so well known to all cultivators to their dismay.
Página 173 - Magazine : Clusters very large, six to eight inches in length, usually longer in proportion to breadth than the Hamburg ; regularly shouldered, compact ; berries roundish, larger than the Concord ; dark crimson, with a rich purple bloom, mingled with a fiery lustre in the sunlight; flesh perfectly tender, breaking to the centre and letting out the seeds like a foreign grape ; of sugary sweetness, in flavor remarkably like the Hamburg, but more aromatic and lively, fully equalling that excellent variety.
Página 51 - When the planter resolves to plant a vineyard, he should determine whether he is planting to produce grapes for wine or for the market. If for the former, he must look for a soil which is made by volcanic eruptions, containing red clay and soft rocks, which will decay by exposure to the air. The more magnesia, lime or chalk the soil contains, so much the better. This kind of soil never cracks, and keeps the moisture during the summer admirably. Such soil will produce a wine that will keep good for...