A treatise on the origin, nature, and varieties of wine : being a complete manual of viticulture and oenology / by J.L.W. Thudichum and August Dupre.

  • Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the origin, nature, and varieties of wine : being a complete manual of viticulture and oenology / by J.L.W. Thudichum and August Dupre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    VITICULTURE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. In 1859, South Australia produced 38,396 gallons of wine; in i860, the Registrar-General gave 96,155 gallons as the quantity produced in that year. Number of acres under cultivation in 1858-59=1179; in 1859-60= 1221; the number of acres include vineyards for growing eating grapes : only 584 acres were cultivated for wine. The average yield of an acre of vineyard is thus shown to be 164 gallons. We are, however, informed that these official data are much below reality, and that in the district near Adelaide the following number of acres produced the stated quantities of wine in the years 1857. 1,0564 acres of vineynrd gave 100,624 gallons of wine. 1858. 1,626 ,, ,, 140,970 ,, 1859. 2,201 ,, ,, 180,324 ,, 1868. ,, ,, 900,000 ,, In this district the Auldana vineyards are situated, of which some very fine products are now sold in London. Sale of the Wines.—The greater portion of the wines of South Australia is consumed in the neighbourhoods where it is grown. It is sold in the vineyards at from two shillings to five shillings per gallon, and is the almost exclusive beverage of the labouring people. The town populations, such as that of Maitland, do not appreciate or drink these wines. Sydney consumes some Camden wine, especially during hot weather. Shipments to the adjoining colony of Melbourne are carried out by the agency of the Australian Wine Company. They sold, in i860, more than 3,000 dozen of the Irrawang and Kaludah wines. VITICULTURE IN VICTORIA. The colony of Victoria, with the capital Melbourne, was separated from New South Wales, capital Sydney, in 1851. All data concerning New South Wales, coming from a time before 185 1, therefore include Victoria ; all later ones may be considered to exclude it. It appears from the Statistical Register of Victoria, 1854, p. 363, and the Exhibition Cata-