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gated this "sport" by cuttings. Now its range is 

 extensive, and the fruit is shipped even to Cali- 

 fornia, whose markets are loaded with the richest 

 dessert grapes, of the sorts that Europeans grow 

 under glass. 



The Concord is the parent of the Worden, 

 Moore's Early, and a number of other fine, but 

 less famous varieties. But the original vine still 

 flourishes where it was discovered seventy-five 

 years ago. 



The Catawba, another fine grape, was found wild 

 in the North Carolina woods a year earlier than 

 Ephriam Bull's notable discovery in New England. 1 

 It has given rise to another famous seedling, the 

 £)iana, which is more popular than its illustrious 

 parent. 



*In the American woods nearly two dozen dis- 

 tinct species of grape have been found. In 

 Europe, southern Asia and North Africa native 

 species have given, in the course of thousands of 

 years of culture, over a thousand distinct cultural 

 varieties. But the one species that is parent of 

 the wine grapes is Vitis vinifera. No other 

 country compares with American in wealth of 

 species of native grapes. 



The soft, juicy native grapes contrast distinctly 

 with the thick-meated grapes of Europe. These 



