5o8 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Rogers' No. 32. (Lab. Vin.) A cross of Mammoth Globe and Black Hamburg. 

 Moderately vigorous, usually hardy; tendrils continuous, sometimes intermittent; 

 stamens upright; flowers partly self-fertile; cluster medium size, usually shouldered; 

 berries large to medium, roundish to slightl}' oblate; skin rather thick and tough, dark 

 red; flesh slightly tough, sweet, vinous, musky; very good; ripens after Concord and 

 sometimes unevenly. 



Rombrill. (Lab. Rip. Vin. Bourq.) A cross of Rommel and Brilliant; from Munson 

 in 1897. Cluster large; berry large, yellow; medium early; self-fertile. 



Rosalie. (Lab.) One of E. W. Bull's seedlings, exhibited by him before the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1874. Bunch large; berry red; very foxy; 

 shatters. 



Roscoe. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of Delaware crossed with Martha; from 

 Munson, about 1888. Vigorous, healthy, moderately productive; clusters resemble 

 Delaware in size and shape; berries medium, nearly round, white or pale green with 

 white bloom; skin thin, tough; pulp tough, nearly sweet, sprightly; good; ripens with 

 Delaware; self-sterile. 



Rose. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedling of Delaware fertilized with lona; from J. H. 

 Ricketts, about 1873. " Bunch four inches long, compact; berries three-fourths of an 

 inch in diameter, reddish purple; skin thick; pulp very tender, sprightly; very good; 

 one of the earliest." 



Roslyn. (Lab. Vin.) A seedling of Diana crossed with Hartford; from C. J. Copley, 

 Stapleton, New York, about 1880. Bunch large, shouldered, very compact; berry large, 

 round, sometimes compressed, purplish with thin bloom; skin thick; pulp firm, sweet 

 with a strong musky flavor. 



Roswither. (Lab. Bourq.) A seedling of Jewel; from L. Hencke, Collinsville, IlHnois. 

 Described by Mitzky, in 1893, as very productive and hardy; bunch and berry medium 

 to large; dark purplish, nearly black; quality fine; ripens about ten days before Concord. 



Ruby. (Lab.) A seedling from Geo. Haskell, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Hardy, 

 variable in vigor; somewhat subject to rot; bunch medium, loose; berry above medium, 

 round, dark ruby red; very good quality; ripens abcmt with Hartford; stamens reflexed. 



Ruby. (Lab. Vin. Rip.) A seedling of Elvira crossed with Brighton ; from Munson, 

 about 1890. Vigorous, healthy, not very hardy; bunches imperfectly filled, small, 

 shouldered; berry medium, round, dull red with stripes, resembling Elvira in flavor and 

 texture; ripens about with Concord. 



Ruckland. (Lab. Vin.) Grown in Louisiana and said to have been brought from 

 England. Munson pronounced it a Labrusca-Vinifera hybrid. Very late; red. 



Rulander. (Bourq.) Amorciix; Red Elben; St. Genevieve. A southern grape, by 

 some claimed to be a foreign seedling brought to this country by the early French set- 

 tlers; probably native. Vigorous, short -jointed, healthy, not productive nor hardy; 

 stamens upright; bunch medium, shouldered, very compact; berry small, roundish- 



