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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



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THE EDITOR OF THIS MAGAZINE COPYING THE INSCRIPTION ON THE BULL MONUMENT. 



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EPHRAIM WALES BULL 



PLANTED SEEDS OF A 

 WILD LABRUSCA GRAPE 

 FOUND GROWING ON 

 THIS HILLSIDE 

 WHICH, 

 AFTER THREE 

 GENERATIONS, 

 THROUGH HIS WORK 

 AND WISDOM 

 BECAME 

 IN THIS GARDEN 

 IN SEPTEMBER, 1849 

 THE 

 CONCORD GRAPE 



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is still some difference of opinion as to 

 its botanical status, but no one doubts 

 its good qualities. It is a high grade 

 grape for wine making, yet on account 

 of its smaller amount of fruitage it can 

 never compete with the Concord. As 

 the table grape, it is undoubtedly the 

 best, and as such commands a premium 

 in all markets, sometimes selling for 

 double the price of the Concord. The 

 Delaware seems to be the result of a 

 freak of nature, yet it may have been 

 produced by careful experimenting. 

 Next to Mr. Bull among the great ex- 

 perimenters of the country should be 

 placed Mr. Edward S. Rogers of Sa- 

 lem, Massachusetts, who produced 

 forty-five seedlings known as Rogers's 

 hybrids. He was a diligent experimen- 

 ter, but was evidently regardless of his 

 own interests. He gave away his seed- 

 lings freely to any inquiring friends. It 

 is a curious fact that in every one of 

 the forty-five seedlings that he pro- 

 duced the standard is high. There 

 have been various attempts at explain- 

 ing the almost uniform success of al- 

 most all his vines, but it is generally 

 acknowledged to be due to his skill in 

 selecting the parent vines, and in lib- 

 erally supplying pollen in cross-fertili- 

 zation- But these are only surmises : 

 no one knows exactly how he achieved 

 his success. 



