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NEW AT CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES: OCTOBER 23, 1862 - Now that “Autumn is touching with wary finger the wealth of forest and orchard, and carefully-tended garden spots,” let’s open our copy of the New York Times—from October 23, 1862—and read the letter, The Season of the Vintage, the Croton Point Vineyards, to learn about the “commodious and cool” wine cellars, the clever “Yankee” solution to an invasion of “ground moles” and the plum-tree lake, where the trees are “planted as to hang directly out over the water” and the ripe fruit is “gathered in boats that moor immediately under the branches.” READ MORE HERE: http://crotonhistory.org/2013/10/29/the-season-of-the-vintage/
Wednesday 30 October 2013
THE SEASON OF THE VINTAGE: NEW AT CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES
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