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not uniform in compactness. Berries nearly large to below medium, roundish, unique 

 in color being a rather dull olive green covered with ash-gray bloom, somewhat inclined 

 to shatter. Flesh tender, vinous, with an agreeable flavor, sweet at skin to tart at center, 

 good in quality. Seeds medium to below in size, broad. 



GOETHE. 



(Vinifera, Labrusca.) 



I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpi., i86o:S6. 2. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1861:68. 3. Horticulturist, 18:98, 

 99. 1863, 4. U. S. D. A. Rpt., 1867:160. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1867:44. 6. Horticulturist, 2^:126. 

 i86(). 7. Am. Jour. Hort., 5:261. 1869. 8. Grape Cult., 1:43, 150, 180, 239, 241, fig., 242, 296. 

 1869. 9. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1881:38, 163. 10. Busk. Cat., 1883:101, fig., 102. 11. Tex.Sta. Bui., 

 48:1150, 1 157. 1898. 12. Mo. Sta. Bui., 46:39, 43, 44, 45, 50, 54. 1899. 13. Miss. Sta. But., 56:14. 

 1899 



Rogers' No. i (i, 2, 3, 4, 5). Rogers' No. 1 (6, 7, 8, 10). 



Of all Rogers' hybrids Goethe shows most of the Vinifera characters, 

 resembling in appearance to a marked degree the White Malaga of European 

 fame and not falling far short of the best Old World grape in quality. This 

 is when it is well grown; but here lies the fault with Goethe, for it is most 

 difficult to grow well especially in the North where the seasons are usu- 

 ally not long enough for its full maturity. When it does ripen in northern 

 latitudes it is unsurpassed in flavor by any other of the grapes of its class. 

 The vine is hardy in New York; vigorous to a fault, for in very rich soils it 

 makes too great a growth; it does best in sands or gravels; it is fairly 

 immune to mildew, rot and other diseases; and where it succeeds often 

 bears so freely that thinning becomes a necessity. Added to its high 

 quality, which makes it a splendid table grape, Goethe keeps well, lasting 

 long into the winter. It is excellent for wine though it is too difficult to 

 grow to make it profitable for this purpose. Unfortunately this variety 

 ripens so late that it cannot be recommended for New York. The accom- 

 panying color-plate does not do the variety full justice as good specimens 

 could not be obtained for illustration in the unfavorable season of 1907. 

 Neither size, nor shape of cluster, nor color of fruit are quite as we should 

 like to have them shown. 



E. S. Rogers of Salem, Massachusetts, produced Goethe as one of his 

 famous Labrusca- Vinifera hybrids and for its early history the reader is 

 referred to " Rogers' Hybrids." It is first mentioned separately from 

 others of these productions in 1858 under the name Rogers' No. i. It was 



