He was inspired by the work of T.V. Munson, a Texas breeder who had documented the American grape species and heavily utilized them in his breeding.
He became recognized as a botanist as well as a viticulturist, a volume entitled Native Trees of the Southwest having been prepared under the direction of the United States Department of Agriculture and a similar thesis being submitted in 1883 for the master's degree at the Kentucky Agricultural College.
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Shortly after completing his education, he married and moved to the vicinity of Lincoln, Nebraska.
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