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THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK STATE 



but little attention. In 1851, C. S. .Rogers of Salein, Mass., used 

 the pollen of two Viniferas upon the pistils of a cultivated La- 

 brusca arid secured forty-five hybrid seedlings. Of those, thirteen 

 were given names, including such well-known kinds as Salem, 

 Lindley, Agawam, Herbert, and Wilder. His success led many 

 enthusiastic amateur breeders to follow his example, and to de- 

 velop not only hybrid seedlings but to cross our native sorts among 



FIG. 461. THE VINIFERA VINEYARD 



themselves. In the fifteen years following the dissemination of 

 Rogers' seedlings, nearly one quarter of all the varieties now cul- 

 tivated in northeastern United States were first introduced. Al- 

 though many of the Vinifera hybrids proved disappointments be- 

 cause of lack of vigor or productiveness, nevertheless there is 

 scarcely a grape of high quality which does not possess some blood 

 of this species, and it is in quality especially that the introduc- 

 tion of these hybrids has been epoch-making. 



