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This ad for “Croton” and “Senasqua” grapes appeared in the October, 1870 issue of The American Agriculturist . Link to Google Books . This one is from the October, 1842 issue of the same publication. Link to Google Books . This is from…
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…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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The Grape King Of Croton Point §3
— …This was the first large vineyard in the country.” Underhill’s hybrid grapes. “Croton” (above) and “Senasqua” (below) were described in
The Grape King Of Croton Point §6
— 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…
Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Underhill, the present proprietors of the
Point proper, are the sons of Robert Underhill, Esq., fifth in descent from the famous Lord John Underhill, High Constable of
the North Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island.
Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…Underhill who is the present proprietor of the Point proper, a grand-son of Robert Underhill, Esq., fifth in de-
THE TOWN OF* CORTLANDT.
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scent from the famous Capt. John Underbill, High Constable of the
North Riding of Yorkshire…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
…Evidently through her brother's aid and influence, the Tellers obtained
the greater part of Senasqua, as the peninsula was called. The original
purchase price was a barrel of rum and twelve blankets. For a century
after that, the land…