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enced cultivator. More money is realized from it with the 

 same outlay than any other grape. This is a faithful record 

 fiince its introduction. Its progress and acceptance by the 

 people have been steadily onward, until now it is claimed that 

 more Concord vines are growing over the broad surface of our 

 country than of all the other varieties put together ; and the 

 game fact seems to be substantiated of it as a fruit in the 

 market. 



In 1855, the Concord was started at Herman, Missouri. A 

 few eyes of its wood were received, which were grafted on the 

 Catawba. One of these grew, and after it bore, the fruit at 

 once attracted attention, and vines were propagated as fast aa 

 possible. In 18G3, that State, celebrated for grape culture, 

 through its State Horticultural Association, unanimously 

 voted the Concord at the head of the list of grapes for general 

 cultivation. It sustains that place to this day. The Horti- 

 cultural Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, the same year, voted 

 it the same place. In 1864 it was reported from the State of 

 Illinois that the whole peach crop was lost by the cold, the 

 Catawba vines killed to the ground, and that the Concord was 

 the only grape that bore a'crop. 



In the same year the Concord was reported, from Virginia, 

 to surpass the Catawba in that State. 



In 1865, Mr. William Saunders, the Superintendent of the 

 Government Experimental Garden, at Washington, reported to 

 the Pomological Society, that most visitors to his grapes gave 

 the preference to the Concord. 



In 1866, the Horticultural Society of the American Insti- 

 tute awarded $100 premium to the Concord as the best grape 

 for general cultivation, being the premium of Hon. Horace 

 Greeley, the President of the Institute. This decision was 

 made after a deliberation of two years, by the committee and 

 after having all the leading varieties of grapes brought before 

 them. 



In 1867, the American Pomological Society, representing all 



