94 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



sold through the Niagara Grape Market Company, a co-operative union, 

 with headquarters at Lockport, New York. 



The Niagara region is the newest of the grape districts of the State. 

 There were few plantings along the shore of Ontario until 1886 when the 

 Niagara grape was introduced and vineyards were put out in consideraljle 

 numbers throughout the whole extent of the district followed by still 

 heavier plantings during the succeeding several years. It was soon demon- 

 strated that the region was well adapted to grape-growing and especially for 

 the Niagara grape but that there were many soils and locations wholly 

 unsuitable for vineyards. Consequently during the 3'ears that followed the 

 bearing of the first grapes, many vineyards have been abandoned so that 

 there are now scarcely as many acres as at the close of the first period of 

 expansion about 1900. The insect and fungus pests are much the same 

 as in the Chautauqua district though the dreaded grape-vine fidia is not 

 yet nearly so common, but, on the other hand, the black-rot is far more 

 destructive, probably because the Niagara grape is very susceptible to this 

 fungus. 



