38 BULLETIN 861, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 6. — Carloadings of grapes in Michigan. 
Allegan Co., Sept.: 
Eennville 
Berrien Go., Sept.-Oct.: 
Baroda 
Benton Harbor 
Berrien Springs 
Bridgrnan 
Colomia 
Derby 
Fairland 
Galien 
Glendora 
Harbert 
Hinchman 
Napier 
Niles 
Biverside 
Royalton 
St. Joseph 
Sawyer 
Scotdale 
Sodus , 
Stemms 
Stevensville 
Yineland 
Union Bier 
Watervliet 
Berrien Co. total... 
Cass Co., Sept.-Oct.: 
Dowagiac 
E d wardsburg 
Marcellus.. 
Cass Co. total 
Grand Traverse Co.,Oct.: 
Traverse City 
Kalamazoo Co., Oct.: 
Kix 
Williams 
Kalamazoo Co.total 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
6 


22 
69 
136 
9 

257 
740 
603 
1,255 
5 
12 

21 
52 
104 
17 

22 
81 
36 
157 
168 
237 
1 
288 

12 
7 

4 
1 

1 

1 



2 
1 


27 



•59 


3 
6 

21 
2 
18 

15 

1 


255 
512 
210- 
498 
29 
39 
33 
105 

180 


38 
55 
51 
175 

4 


48 
95 
81 
27 


6 


1 
1 

2 
3 
1 
2 
954 
2,326 
1,057 
2,565 
5 
16 
5 
17 
1 
1 


26 

5 
34 
32 
17 
10 
51 
1 



. 
2 


6 
< 

6 
6 
9 

6 
Kent Co., Sept.: 
Belmont 
English ville . . . 
Grand Rapids . 
Rockford 
Sparta 
Kent Co. total. 
Mason Co., Sept.-Oct.: 
Lndington 
Muskegon Co.: Oct.: 
Slocum 
Ottawa Co., Sept.-Oct.: 
Grand Haven 
Spring Lake 
Van Buren Co., Sept.-Oct: 
Van Buren Co. total 
Unknown 
Michigan State total 
Ottawa Co. total. . . . 40 
Bangor ! 1 
Breedsville j 1 
Decatur 18 
Gobies 
Hartford j 15 
Kendall 1 
Lake Cora I 
Lawrence j 3 
Lawton \ 336 
Mattawan ' 155 
Baw Baw 272 
South Haven 
802 

1,849 
19 17 
28 
4 

28 
4 
16 
2 

12 
427 
261 
509 
8 
1,271 

3,667 
1918 


4 


4 
11 
44 
254 

401 
169 
30 
1 

25 
4 
2 
3 

18 
328 
158 
473 
17 
1,029 
795 
History. 
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. 
