. American grape growing and wine making. AND WINE MAKING. 201 used, and can be had in any optical establishment. Theyare made of glass, platina, or silver, at prices rangingfrom $3 to 110. Figure 29 shows must scale (silyer) and test tube. Withthe scale you should also have a long glass, or tin tubemade for the purpose of holding the must while testing it. An Acidimeter.—The one inyented and patented byHenry Twitchell is simple, and can be used with accuracy. Fig. 30.—ACIDIMETER. by beginners. It is a timely invention, as it took longpractice to work correctly with either Ottos or
. American grape growing and wine making. AND WINE MAKING. 201 used, and can be had in any optical establishment. Theyare made of glass, platina, or silver, at prices rangingfrom $3 to 110. Figure 29 shows must scale (silyer) and test tube. Withthe scale you should also have a long glass, or tin tubemade for the purpose of holding the must while testing it. An Acidimeter.—The one inyented and patented byHenry Twitchell is simple, and can be used with accuracy. Fig. 30.—ACIDIMETER. by beginners. It is a timely invention, as it took longpractice to work correctly with either Ottos or is accompanied with full directions for its use. Fig-ure SO gives an illustration of the Acidimeter. 202 AMERICANS GRAPE GROWIJ^G- GATHERING THE GRAPES. Having our cellar built, and stocked with the necessaryimplements, we can now proceed to gather the i^roper time to do this depends very much uponthe varieties. The mstivalis, and most of the cordifoliaclass, in short, all grapes which have an agreeable flavor—one which we wish to have in its fullest development inthe must or wine—we ought to have thoroughly riper the grapes, the more fully will their peculiarflavor be developed, the less acid and the more sugar willthey contain. We must, therefore, learn the nature ofour grapes before we know when to gather them. In the va-rieties of Lctbrusca, at least in most of them, their jDeculiarflavor is not desirable m its highest d
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