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the keeping quality and, as with the parent, the fruit neither cracks nor 

 shatters and therefore ships well. To the two faults named above must be 

 added that of pulpiness of berry, a defect common to many hybrids of the 

 two species represented in Salem. It is useless to recommend for testing 

 varieties that have been known as long and as widely grown as Salem but 

 it is worth while, is cilmost a duty, in a work of this kind to urge further 

 trials of some of the grapes of highest quality, as Salem, on a commercial 

 basis. Such fruit properly grown, packed, and placed in the market ought 

 to bring remunerative prices. 



This one of Rogers' hybrids is No. 22 of his Vinifera-Labrusca crosses. 

 It early attracted favorable attention from the various cultivators who had 

 received vines from the originator for testing. It was christened Salem 

 by Rogers in 1867, two years earlier than his other hybrids were named. 

 At about this time, owing to a confusion of this variety with some other, 

 and charges that certain parties were sending out a black grape under the 

 name Rogers No. 22, Rogers changed the number of Salem to 53. 



Salem was placed on the grape list of the American Pomological 

 Society fruit catalog in 1869 and was removed in 1871, reinstated in 1873, 

 and has since been retained. It is possible that the dropping of the name 

 from the catalog for the one year was a printer's oversight as there is nothing 

 in the body of the te.xt to indicate a reason for such action. Salem has 

 always been one of the most popular of Rogers" hybrids and it is offered 

 for sale to-day by practicalh' all grape nurserymen. 



Vine medium to vigorous, unusually hardy, variable in productiveness, susceptible 

 to severe attacks of mildew. Canes long, of average number, intermediate in thickness, 

 light to dark brown; nodes enlarged, usually not flattened; internodes medium to above 

 in length; diaphragm thick; pith medium to above in size; shoots slightly pubescent; 

 tendrils continuous to intermittent, long to medium, bifid to trifid. 



Leaf-buds rather large, of average size, thick to medium, often compressed, roundish, 

 obtuse to conical, open early. Young leaves faintly tinged on lower side with slight 

 rose-carmine. Leaves variable in size, medium to thin; upper surface dark green, dull, 

 of medium smoothness; lower surface pale green with slight bronze tinge, pubescent; 

 veins moderately distinct ; lobes none to three with terminus acute ; petiolar sinus deep, 

 narrow, often closed and overlapping; basal sinus lacking; lateral sinus shallow, narrow, 

 often notched; teeth intermediate in depth and width. Flowers sterile, open in mid- 

 season; stamens refiexed. 



