Show AMBITION SOARED TOO HIGH pioneer P loneer grape grower unfortunately was not satisfied with first really excellent Ex cellen results A hundred years ago dr C IV grant bought a small rock ribbed island inland in the hudson river nearly opposite Peek peekskill skill there was a general laugh at what people declared to lie be his folly as the island was so barren and worthless that it did not seem possible tor for anything to grow there dr grant however lion hoa ever had ideas of his hig own and lie he began a growth of grapes 0 of the then new dew variety the delaware in a very short time the island was wa known to grape growers all over the country and doctor grant was declared to have done more for grape culture than any other man in america the great business enjoyed by the physician turned his head and he began to work toward a abebe scheme that would turn the lie island into a paradise of growing flowers floers especially magnolias and rhododendrons am and he be hoped to give seed eseed or cuttings to every honie lit in america the result of his big attempts was bankruptcy and he be left the island which soon went back to rock und find larren barren soll soil |