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abundance” by Captain John Smith
Jamestown colony in 1629, the same year that the Massachusetts Company sent peach stones from England for planting by the colonists. Orchards were developed along the Eastern Seaboard.
In the absence of modem preservation techniques, much of the crop in those early days was used for brandy. In 1858, D. O. Munson of Fairfax County sold his peaches at $4.50 a bushel from his orchard.
The “Queen of Fruits” has since reigned as Virginia’s number one summer tree fruit.
The glorious grape
Winemaking in Virginia (and the U.S.) began in 1607 when the Majestown settlers made wine from native grapes.
In the 1700s, Thomas Jefferson introduced this country to the European custom of taking wine with meals. He also tried to grow European grapes in his Monticello vineyard. For his pioneering efforts, Jefferson is revered as the “father of American wine.”
During the 1800s, Virginia was a major wine-growing state, with international acclaim for claret wine produced in Charlottesville. After Prohibition, the industry was dormant until the early 1970s when the state’s new wine pioneers began planting vineyards across the state.
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