Concord, Caco, and Niagara grapes from Buzzards Crest Vineyards, Yates Co., NYS. They have a stand at Borough Hall Saturdays in season. All three of these varieties are off-shoots of the fox grape, Vitis labrusca, native to the northeast. The foxy Concord has long been a favorite of mine.
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They sure look familiar! In the early fifties as a teenager I was proud to be able to claim standard women’s wage of $5.00 a day as a picker–20 bushels. I worked in the Anderson vineyards in Jerusalem township, owned by some relatives by marriage.
I was born in Penn Yan and graduated from Keuka College–which sent me to internships in NYC for six weeks every fall. I left the Finger Lakes in 1957 to begin my career at Ohio State University in Columbus, But I still love the lakes and my family is still there. I read in the weekly Penn Yan paper that Yates farmers are selling in NYC farmer markets and trendy restaurants are buying some of the organic products.
Great photograph!
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Market/restaurant connections to local (and further) farms have been one of the good things about the foodie fad.
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