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cord grape, spread with amazing rapidity over the country, leaving 

 wealth and prosperity in its path, carrying the name Concord into 

 places where the fame of its authors and its battle ground had never 

 been heard, and creating an industry which before its discovery had 

 not been dreamed of; while he, the originator, the pioneer of this 

 great movement, was all but forgotten and broken in spirit. He 

 died September 26, 1895, and the pathetic epitaph on his grave 

 fittingly marks his life's work: 



He Sowed; Others Reaped. 



Discussion. 



William N. Craig inquired if the original Concord vine was still 

 in existence. 



INIr. Wheeler replied that it is said to be there still but has not 

 borne fruit for the last fifteen years, probably owing to its being 

 overgrown and shaded by large trees. 



Joseph S. Chase remarked that he once visited Mr. Bull at his 

 home and was shown the original Concord vine. At the time of 

 his visit the vine was mostly dead but had one shoot with fruit 

 on it. 



George F. Wheeler said he knew Mr. Bull very well and that he 

 was a most pleasant man to meet. He had often met him at the 

 Farmers' Club meetings in Concord. Mr. Bull's work as a gold 

 beater was much broken up by the Civil War because his two 

 assistants enlisted in the army and it was impossible to get others. 



He had several other seedling grapes which he had originated 

 and eight or ten of them are still in existence in the garden of his 

 daughter, Mrs. G. W. Lauriat, of Medford, INIassachusetts, and 

 ought to be propagated and made better known. 



Mr. Sims asked about the varieties of grapes that had originated 

 from the Concord and also as to how widely it was distributed. 



Mr. Wheeler stated that the following named varieties had been 

 grown from seeds of the Concord or by hybridization with it: 

 Brighton, Eaton, Moore's Early, Niagara, Pocklington, and 

 Worden. 



The distribution of the Concord reached as far west as Oregon, 



