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try in what is now the Grape Belt. As late as 

 1859 there was not over 100 acres of vineyards in that 

 region. In the Keuka Lake district the first plant- 

 ings were in 1830 in a garden at Hammondsport by 

 Eev. William Bostwick. The origination of the Con- 

 cord variety by Bull in Massachusetts before 1850, 

 which variety now occupies upwards of 90 per cent 

 of the entire commercial grape area, was the real 

 foundation of the development of the vine in west- 

 ern New York. Two well-known varieties, besides 

 many minor ones, have appeared in the State. The 

 Worden was originated Jjy Schuyler \Yorden, of 

 Minetto, Oswego County, in 1863, from seed of 

 Concord. The Niagara grape, the leading American 

 green variety, was originated at Lockport by Hoag 

 and Clark in 1868, also from seed of Concord fer- 

 tilized by Cassaday. The making of wine was the 

 first outlet for the larger vineyards. In 1880 the 

 first carload of table grapes from western New York 

 was sent to Philadelphia by Jonas Martin, of 

 Brocton. The commercial production of unfer- 

 mented grape juice began in Westfield about 1900 

 and has had a rapid rise. California leads in 

 grape-growing, her product being most largely the 

 raisin grapes of European varieties. New York, 

 which ranks second in total production, leads all 

 other states in American varieties used for table and 

 for making wine and unfermented juice. In 1910, 

 New York was growing nearly 36,000,000 vines, cov- 

 ering about 53,000 acres. All but one-ninth of this 



