38 BULLETIN" 861, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 6. — Garload&ngs of grapes in Michigan. 



Allegan Co., Sept.: 



Fennville .... 



Berrien Co., Sept.-Oct.: 



Baroda 



Benton Harbor 



Berrien Springs 



Bridginan 



Colomia 



Derby 



Fairland 



Galien 



Glendora 



Harbert 



Hinchman 



Napier 



Nilcs 



Riverside 



Royalton 



St. Joseph 



Sawyer 



Seotdale 



Sodus 



Stemms 



Stevensville 



Vineland 



Union Pier 



Watervliet 



Berrien Co. total... 



Cass Co., Sept.-Oct.. 



Dowagiae 



Edwardsburg 



Marcellus 



Cass Co. total.. ... 



i Irand Traverse Co., Oct.: 

 -Traverse City 



Kalamazoo Co., Oct.: 



Kix 



"Williams 



KalamazooCo.total 



69 



257 



5 



52 



22 

 168 

 

 4 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 2 

 

 255 



29 

 



38 

 



48 

 

 

 2 



9.54 



32 



136 



740 



12 



104 



81 



237 



12 



1 



1 



2 



27 



59 



6 



18 



1 



512 



39 



180 



55 



4 



95 







1 



3 



2,326 



191S 1919 



603 

 



17 



36 

 1 

 7 

 

 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 210 



33 

 



51 

 



81 

 6 

 1 

 1 



1,057 







1,255 



21 







157 



288 







1 



















21 



15 







498 



105 







175 







27 











2 



2,565 



Kent Co., Sept.: 



Belmont 



English ville... 

 Grand Rapids. 



Rockford 



Sparta 



Kent Co. total. 



Mason Co., Sept.-Oct.: 

 Ludington 



Muskegon Co.: Oct.: 

 Slocum 



Ottawa Co., Sept.-Oct.: 



Grand Haven 40 



Spring Lake. 



Ottawa Co. total — 



40 



Van Buren Co., Sept.-Oct: 



Bangor 



Breedsville 



Decatur 



Gobies 



Hartford 



Kendall 



Lake Cora 



Lawrence 



Lawton 



Mattawan 



Paw Paw 272 



South Haven 



Van Buren Co. total 

 Unknown 



Michigan State total 



802 

 



1,849 



1 



4 



1 







18 



28 







4 



15 



16 



1 



2 











3 



12 



336 



427 



155 



261 



272 



509 



1,271 

 



3,667 



1918 











4 







7 







4 



11 



77 



44 



254 







401 

 169 



1,637 



1 







25 



4 



2 



3 







18 



328 



158 



473 



17 



3,795 



HlSTOKY. 



Grape growing is a younger industry in Michigan than in the 

 States of New York, Pennsylvania, or Ohio. According to excellent 

 local authority, the first commercial vineyards were planted in 

 Lawton in the early seventies. The good returns received by this 

 pioneer planter caused others to go into the production of grapes. 

 The acreage was at first restricted to the district around Lawton, 

 Paw Paw, and Mattawan, but soon spread toward the south and 

 west, including the Benton Harbor-St. Joseph district. As in the 

 early rapid expansion of almost all commercial sections, the acreage 

 spread toward unfavorable localities in Van Buren and Berrien 

 Counties, including the heavy land of the south, and the lowlands. 

 Grapes were found to be unprofitable in these places and only a few 

 scattered and relatively unproductive plantations now remain. Thus 

 it has been demonstrated that only on the lighter soils where good 

 air drainage exists does grape growing prove profitable. 



