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Ilene Bezahler, Guest Contributor
Edible Boston

Who knew that Welch’s Grape Juice had its beginnings in Concord, MA?

In 1853, after some 22,000 experimental crosses from seed, Ephraim Bull
was happy with his new grape, named for the town he was living in –Concord.

Then Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch, a Methodist minister, tasted the grape.
He believed it would make a wonderful communion wine. His son Charles
saw more potential in the grape, and thus began the story of Welch’s Grape
Juice.

Read Elizabeth Gawthrop Riely’s article “He Sowed, Others Reaped: Ephraim Bull’s Concord Grape” to read more about the history of our native grape.