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Download or read book Grape Culture in Steuben County (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Grape Culture in Steuben County Knowing that any particular locality has long been devoted to this culture we are able to fix the mean temperature thereof, and by studying the circumstances prejudicial to the development of the vine, avoid the failures so often experienced by those who undertake this culture where it is impossible." "The grape requires four months, or one hundred and twenty days, to come to maturity; we can calculate the aggregate of temperature required to perfect its growth. Bordeaux, in France, being in latitude 44 50', has a mean temperature in spring of 56, in summer of 71, in autumn of 58; mean for spring, summer and autumn of 62 40'. And, as Bordeaux is near the centre of the wine districts of France, a data is furnished, other things being equal, of the climate required for the cultivation of the vine." It is an interesting study to investigate the particular features of the various vine-growing districts in Europe and the United States, and to notice that neither latitude, nor elevation, nor the amount of rain falling governs, but that other causes combine to render the cultivation certain and profitable. Also, to notice that the range of temperature is not so much controlling as we are inclined to believe. The grapes of Astrachan are said to be equal to the best of Italy, and the range of temperature there is more extreme than in many places of our own country. Astrachan is in latitude 46 21', on a level with the sea; has a mean temperature in spring of 52 6', in summer of 75 9', in autumn of 52 4', in winter 19 2'; making a mean for the year 50. California is undoubtedly the most favorable for grape culture of any part of the United States. The vineyards there produce, ordinarily, twice as much as the vineyards of any other grape district. The crop never fails, as it does in every other country. The soil is a deep, sandy loam, and in some places a rich, black loam and a gravelly clay. The climate is dry and uniform, which insures the grape from rt)t or mildew. The mean temperature of California for January is 44.2, for February 45.4, for March 53.4, for April 54.8, for May 62.7, for June 69.1, for July 69.4, for August 71.3, for September 71.1, for October 65.4, for November 54.9, for December 46.2; the spring average being 56.9, the summer 69.9, autumn, 63.8. A writer on the meteorological conditions necessary to the production of grape wine of the best quality, says, "In addition to a summer and an autumn sufficiently hot, it is indispensable that at a given period - that which follows the appearance of the seeds - there should be a month, the mean temperature of which does not fall below 66.2, Fahrenheit." September and October in California has a mean temperature of 68.2, maturing the grape with sufficient sugar to make the fruit luscious and the wine rich and of the very best quality; consequently, the wines of that state come nearer to the wines of Italy than any produced upon the American continent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
