THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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NOTES ON CHAUTAUQUA AND LAKE ERIE 
GRAPE BELT. 
The section ol country lying south'of Lake Erie about 
twenty miles west of Buffalo and extending fifty miles long 
and from three to five wide is destined in a few years to 
become one great vineyard. 
As one travels thru this country now by cars many large 
vineyards are seen stretching as far as eye can reach and 
each year hundreds of acres of new vineyard are planted. 
Dairying and general farming are fast giving way to vin- 
yardmg and soon all suitable land will be occupied by vine¬ 
yards. 
About the year i860 the first Concord vineyard was 
planted and in 1866, Mr. Hubbard planted 100 acres, the 
perfection, and the quality is not equalled in any other sec¬ 
tion. 
What is true of the development of the grape industry is 
also true of the rooted vines for which this section is famous. 
Several million grape cuttings are annually planted. 
The vines produced are noted for having well developed 
system of strong, fibrous roots. 
The varieties most largely planted at present are the 
following in order of popularity: Concord, (black); 
Niagara, (white); Worden, (black); Moore’s Early, (black); 
Delaware, (red); Catawba, (red). The Concord is the lead¬ 
ing grape and other kinds are planted for fancy market 
grapes and to extend the grape season. 
T. S. Hubbard Company. 
A fine^stretch of grape stock. Good soil, and careful cultivation results in healthy, vigorous stock. Lewis Roesch & Son, Fredonia, N. Y. 
varieties being mostly Concord, Catawba, Isabella, Iona and 
Delaware. The fruit was sold in near by towns and he was 
the pioneer in shipping grapes direct to grocers in country 
towns. It was not until 1877 that the first car load was 
.shipped. Yet in 1900,about 8,000 carloads were transported 
which shows the great growth of the grape industry in less 
than 30 years. 
Grapes are packed mostly in eight pound climax baskets 
but since the development of the juice industry, both fer¬ 
mented and imfermented, about one third the crop is now 
picked and sold in crates. 
Since the process of manufacturing unfermented grape 
juice .waS discovered and the making of sour wine by the 
Italian method was introduced, the surplus grapes have 
been used for these purposes and the price of basket grapes 
has been more satisfactory. 
The soil, location and climatic conditions are most favor¬ 
able for growing grapes and the fruit develops and ripens to 
BELGIUM AN APPLE GROWING COUNTRY. 
It is not generally understood that the small Kingdom of 
Belgium grows many more apples than it consumes. Bel¬ 
gium and pear culture have been associated in the minds of 
fruit growers for many generations. Ever since Van Mons 
made such remarkable improvements in pear culture by 
growing thousands of seedlings and selecting the best there¬ 
from, Belgium has taken an important place in pomological 
advancement. As an apple growing region, however, we 
have heard little about it. 
It is interesting to learn from a consular report, that last 
year Belgium exported over 36,000,000 lbs. of apples valued 
at $815,000 odd. The greater portion of this amount went 
to Germany. About one-sixth of it was sent to Great Britain 
while the remainder was distributed between Holland and 
France. Traveling through Belgium, especially on the 
Coast side, one sees comparatively little to suggest that 
orcharding is engaged in to any extent, but excursions in- 
