Show AMBITION SOARED TOO HIGH pioneer grape grower unfortunately was not satisfied with first really excellent Ex cellen results A hundred years ago dr C W gront grant bought a small rock ribbed illard in the ali hudson river nearly opposite Peek peekskill skill there was a general laugh at aliat people declared to lie be ill ills folly as the island was so barren and worthless that it id did not seem possible for anthiny an thing to glow grow there dr grant lio however weier had ideas of his own and he began a growth of grapes ot of the lie then their new variety the Dela delaware Nare in a very short time tire island was known to grape growers all over uio the country cini and doctor grant was declared to have done more for grape culture than any other man in america tile the great business enjoyed by the he physician turned his head and he began to work toward a scheme that would turn the island into a paradise of growing flo boers no ers especially magnolias and rhododendrons and he hoped to give seed or cuttings to every home in III america the result of his big attempts was bankruptcy and he left the hie island which soon went vene back to rock and barren soil |