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six thousand pounds Delawares, ten 

 thousand pounds Catawbas, seventy 

 thousand pounds Concords. Most of 

 this will be converted into wine, yield- 

 ing probably about four thousand gal- 

 lons of wine. The company is com- 

 posed of the following gentlemen : S. 

 P. Williams, of Lima, Ind. ; J. M. 

 Sterling, Caleb Ives, W. A. Noble, of 

 Monroe. 



The grounds of S. G. Clark are a 

 short distance from the river, about a 

 mile below the city, and comprise five 

 acres. This season over thirty thou- 

 sand pounds, or fifteen tons, of grapes 

 were gathered. A portion of these — 

 say about five thousand pounds — was 

 sold, and the remainder was made into 

 wine, yielding about nine hundred 

 gallons — all Concord. 



Next to the Point au Peau Com- 

 pany the most extensive vineyai'd is 

 owned by Messrs. Diedrich & Bries- 

 acher, of Detroit, which is located on 

 Plum Creek, about a mile south of 

 the cit}', consisting of from twelve to 

 thirteen acres of vines, about two- 

 thirds of which are but two j'ears old, 

 and are of the Concord, Delaware and 

 Catawba varieties. ThQj make this 

 year four thousand gallons of wine, 

 about eight hundred of which is Cat- 

 awba. 



\ Adjoining this are the vinej'ards of 

 ■Christopher Bruckner, Esq., who has 

 here three acres of Concords and Dela- 

 wai'es, on Tamarack Creek five acres, 

 and on Snake Island four acres, the 

 latter being largely of Catawbas and 

 Delawares — in all about six thousand 

 vines. As the grapes have not all 

 been picked I am unable to give the 

 production this year, exce2:)t that of 

 the Plum Creek vinej'ard^ which was 



5,500 pounds. Many of Mr. B.'s 

 grapes are of superior growth and 

 flavor, owing to the care with which 

 they have been cultivated. 



Joseph Sedlaczek has a vineyard of 

 six acres finely located in the city, 

 comprising about 5,500 vines, mainly 

 Concord, Delaware and Catawba^ be- 

 sides which he has these varieties : 

 Martha, (white,) Sogers, Perkins, 

 Caroline, Norton's, Louisiana, lona, 

 &c. These are from one to six years 

 old, many of the vines not yet bear- 

 ing. He has made this year two 

 thousand gallons of wine— of Concord 

 and Delaware. 



John M. Eeisig k Brother have four 

 acres planted with Concord and Dela- 

 ware vines, but a small portion of 

 which are more than two years old, 

 and a portion are five years old They 

 sold about three hundred pounds this 

 year. Mr. Peisig is one of our Com- 

 missioners of Emigration to German}', 

 and it is presumed that in his visits to 

 the Fatherland, he has picked up valu- 

 able information concerning grape- 

 growing and wine making on the 

 Rhine. 



Josepli and Anthony Weier have, 

 on Plum Creek, one mile south of the 

 city, about ten acres under cultiva- 

 tion, fi'oni one to three years old, 

 mostly Concords, and growing finely. 

 They made this year 1,500 gallons of 

 wine. 



John and Michael Goetler have 

 about five acres of vines, two to fotir 

 years old, this year yielding about 

 4„00U pounds of grapes and 600 gallons 

 of wine. 



Destler & Munch, Christian Frost, 

 Christian Grunning, George P. Hurd 

 and others have about ten acres of 



