THE GRAPK ,Ii ICK TNOI-STRY 



the Concord that is u>ed almost wholly in the making of unfer- 

 mented juice an<l very hugely in the production of wine. 

 Although other varieties of grapes are used I'm- the higher grades 

 of wine, the Concord forms the backbone of the juice industry, 

 being used almost exclusively in the milking of Italian or sour 

 wines and unfermented grape juice. 



During the last ten years, including the season of 1915, the 

 volume of grapes turned into both fermented and unfemiented 

 grape juice, in the section of the Chautauqua grape belt lying 

 wholly within the state of Xew York, amounted to about 145,000 

 tons. Averaging ten tons of actual fruit to the car and fifty cars 

 lo the train, it was equivalent to 14,500 cars, and 290 solid trains. 

 The total amount paid the growers for this great amount of fruit 

 by the makers of wine and unfermented juice was approximately 

 # 1, !<)<), ooo, an average of about $440,000 a year. . The aggregate 

 production of juice in that period and from that tonnage was 

 22,825,075 gallons, a yearly average of about 2,280,000 gallons. 



The following table shows the combined wine and unfermented 

 grape-juice product of the Chautauqua belt during the last decade: 

 Year Gallons 



1906 .................................... 1,637,000 



1907 .......................... .......... 1,770,000 



1908 .................................... 1,813,500 



1 90J) .................................... 2,035,000 



1910 .................................... *2,100,000 



1911 .................................... 2,500,500 



1912 .................................... 2,778,000 



1913 .................................... 2,8<)5,7<80 



1914 .................................... 3,790,420 



1915 . ........ 1,495,875 



Total 22,825,075 



During the five-year period immediately preceding 1900, the 

 total production was 7,118,300, divided by years as follows: 

 Year Gallons 



1901 1,718,100 



1902 1,588,700 



1903 1,111,500 



1904 1,845,000 



1905 850,000 



Total 7,113,300 



The great increase in the amount of juice produced in the 

 Chautauqua grape belt in recent years is made quickly apparent 



* Estimated. 



