, 1870-11-12
THE dRArRs OF KE1LY's ISL
AND,
inc Vincs and Wine. OF Lake Efac
WINE Cellar Ia the Rock-Gcnp,
By tho Ton.

Ano vines and Wanc. OF Lake Erao-
A. Wine Cellar Ia the sxock-s:cnoc.
hy thp Tou.
LstroA Correspondence Of fhx Hep yo,k 7t;bxns-
!ntte 1e elev. n illands In this patt Of Lste
Kret eut at1 only attain 1ny importauce IA
the cnltnfe OF the grape. They He acaitered
htho. xestesn ena OF tho lake, forty miles
soninsaat from tho mouth Of Detroit River,
Toledo. Tho s1x Important Ialands ira. Raj
ys ls!tnd, Of about 2, 800 acrts: North Ba4s,
800 Middle bsse, 800; ,u,h I,er, or Put-iu
d. GOO Sugar Lland, 50 aud Z s,tiasaaka,
slso shout SO screa- Tbs "harvest" ID nov
ready: md the trade ia now It i.s zenith. The
atatistics Which follow are from Captain Al
wood, who for thirty ty-tive years oouomsnded on
lake Rsesmefs. until, three years seo, be gave
up his ssafk1ing life and Etttled down to cI1pa
growing and winn making on Middle Bsss.
Kells 1elaEd has 800. acres in VINEYARDS,
Ecrth and Middle Bass about 100 acres each,
Put-iE-BaE 600 acres. kelys Island sloae
e1pecta this year to produce 1000 tons Of
grapes, and to make $4,000 gallons OF vine
all told, nom ita Own grapes and The few Il
purchases from tho smaller islandsx List year
the ptoouct Of the ialaud xaa 16o, 900 gallons.
The other tslsnds do but lltle In Eine.making,
except Middle Base. Pus-in.Bay growers
sometimes crush their g1apos, but il good
Offer comes from other quarters they SELL
Lset Htsk st. Louis operator bought 90 tons
from this island, and Toledo wine-presser
purchased about an equal amount from the
same vine. a1ds. Middle Bass made &c, 600
gallons OF wine last year, and with the grapes
year. make 60,G00 gallons. On this ialard !
splendid w1ne cellsr has Just been completed,
hewn from the tolid rock. II ia llo feet long,
22 wide, and Is high. Each aide is lin.d VI to
keg~ which will hold 400 gallons sach. The
capacity Of the vault il &. 900 gallons. In nd
A@f ff1orh m
Middle Bars, but their combined capacity does
not greatly exceed that Of this store-houso in
| the rock.
Tho crop this ysa1, 1t Is estimated, will not
vary greatly from ~ tona TO the acre, On IL
tho ialands, ~ IN sverige; some vii yielld
| = good crops the Rrape-growers would be
! Satisfied to haye that secured them year stssr
year. The bulk Of the grapes here grown are
/ CasAvbas concosds aud Delawares follow
| In about equal proportions. There arc several
other vsnatles produced, hut none Of any 70
| grape. 1vee' Seeding il tnere2eing in fayol
aa wine grape, hut Il not ~ Jet generally
known. The TlrginiA Seeding m1kes the best
and richsat wine in the world. in proof Of
| winch abatement Captain Atwood odeta thai
hero Oh the isaands It retsils ut ss per bottle,
wine. The Isabel1aa make no nlne; they AT
!yalued chiefly for canning. The grapea noosi
esteemed for wine are: First. the vizgini.
Seeding, though It Is rare grape, nos gan.
e1ally cultivated: then the Delaware; ne1t
the catAwba, and the Concord next. The
Concor5 Is pleasant red vine, bat not 20 rch
| ae tho Catauba-
fhe trade in table grapes is Immense, but
lbe3e arc no figures sttainable II to the mum
berpf pounds which the ialands aend ont ~
tabls grapes in the season but the fruit goes
all ger the country. The cataEba tskes tht
lead, }hen the Delaware, then few fancy VI
| riedeA which arc not generally grown, theE
the common varieties. auch as the Isabella
Couco1l, and Hartford Pacific. OF thest
: three, he HaItfczd Pacific ia the earliest
The cie7nators Of g11pe culture here wert
, The 44srs. ke!ly, who left Cleveland il
1883. tsaA residence on lie ialand. Ther
we're thsrtive poor families already On tn
ground. Ehe a1st buainess done BY IL
, MessEs. Ally was IN atope and ced,r, but +
: 1870. theybegan TO experiment with grapes
t In 1854, th'tfade in gTspes began. N 1851
: The crop frm 12a acrss 5ialded Isl, 900. Laa
!, year the tr5e was reported TO be worth ove
: econ, 900. he inhabitants number nearly Q
l. quite 2,Q10.t