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filled with excavation material from Rockefeller Center and the Eighth Avenue subway. Today it is the site of the Great Lawn. The full map can be seen at the David Rumsey Map Collection . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to
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These two prints, from U.P. Hedrick’s, The Grapes of New York , published in 1908, show the grapes that made Richard T. Underhill famous as the “Grape King.” Underhill began his vineyard by planting European varieties of grapes he purchased in
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Brooklyn from André Parmentier, a wealthy, educated Belgian who came to America to escape the French Revolution. Parmentier started a nursery that included a vineyard. At first he sold only European grapes but, according to Hedrick, he later added
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“the two American varieties, Catawba and Isabella, which were then becoming popular.” Underhill’s first batch of European varieties died, but he “had been fired with a consuming desire to grow grapes. In 1827 he began planting Catawbas and Isabellas.
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This vineyard of American grapes grew until it covered 75 acres, the product of which was sold in New York City. This was the first large vineyard in the country.” Underhill’s hybrid grapes. “Croton” (above) and “Senasqua” (below) were described in
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An Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape Vines , published in 1883: Croton. Hybrid cross between Delaware and Chasselas de Fontainbleau, originated by . . . Underhill, of Croton Point, N. Y.; bore its first fruit in 1865. In 1868 and
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following years it obtained prizes at the New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Horticultural Societies and other grape exhibitions, attracting marked attention. The late H. E. Hooker, of New York, said: “The Croton succeeds very well indeed in
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some localities, and it is certainly one of the most delightful grapes, when well-grown, that I have ever raised.” Senasqua. A hybrid raised by . . . Underhill, Croton Point, N.Y. from Concord and Black Prince. Seed was planted in 1863 and the vine
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bore its first fruit 1865. See Underhill vineyard trade cards and magazine ads here and here . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share
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Detail from the Atlas of Westchester County, New York. From actual surveys and official records by G.W. Bromley & Co., Civil Engineers. Published by Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley. 243 Broadway, New York. 1881. The entire atlas is available online at
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A beautiful depiction of Finney Farm, from the letterhead used by Mabel Dodge Luhan . Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X
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Departing from Camp in the Small Lagoon by Theodore Cornu. Pen-and-ink drawing from Hudson Valley Echoes , issue #3, 1953. “Early morning is greeted by the calls of the Crows as they fly off at their slow pace to distant hills. Crows have always been
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numerous at this place. A wind starting at daybreak now blows moderately from the northwest. Departing from our camping place in the small lagoon located near the southwest end of the Point (Tellers Point) we paddle along the beautiful Senasqua
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marshes, the tall slender grasses swaying in the breeze. . . .” Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X
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Details of the Croton area from An Improved Map of the Hudson River, with the Post Roads between N. York & Albany. Published by S. Mahon & Co. Drawn & Engraved Expressly for the Tourist. 1830. The entire map is available online at David Rumsey Map
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Detail of the Croton area from the Travellers’ Guide of the Hudson River. Published by H.B. Kirkham, for the Proprietor, and for sale on all the Steamboats, and at the principal Hotels in the United States, 1848. The entire map is available online at
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