Monday, July 6, 2015

From the State Archives of Florida:

"Are you looking for a dish to bring to your next barbecue? Try this recipe for Lemon and Banana Pie, which calls for the pie to be placed “in a moderate oven.” The recipe is from the San Luis Vineyards Records, 1890-1933 (Collection M88-44). The collection consists of four ledgers containing general business records, recipes and newspaper clippings.

The San Luis Vineyards was one of the early producers of wines in Florida. After moving to Tallahassee in 1882, Emile Dubois and his business partner, Maxmillian Berlitz, purchased two-thirds of the San Luis tract from Helen Dodd. They established a vineyard on the property, which produced 4,000 gallons of wine a year by 1890. They sold the land after a disease or insects damaged his vineyards and Leon County became a dry county in 1904. The vineyard was purchased by a series of people including James Messer. Messer’s widow sold the property, now the site of the Mission San Luis, to the state in 1983."

(Collection M88-44, Volume 2)