EPHRIAM 



BULL 



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York. The variety was introduced there about 1856, 

 by Lincoln Fay, and that region is to this day, with its 

 2(5. 000 acres of grapes, controlled by the Concord. In 



Fig. 13. Ephriam W. Bull, at 83 years. Originator of the Concord grape. 



the central lake region of New York, however, where 

 the grape interest began earlier and before the days of 

 the Concord, the Catawba is still the controlling variety, 

 and the wine interest is great. 



Ephriam W. Bull, the originator of the Concord, 

 died September 27, 1895, in his ninetieth year, loved 



