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to oval, usually with a short single shoulder, sometimes double-shouldered, very com- 

 pact. Berries above medium to below, averaging larger than Brighton, roundish but 

 frequently compressed on account of compactness of cluster, purplish-red to dark red, 

 covered with lilac bloom, persistent, of average firmness. Skin thin, medium to tough, 

 contains no pigment. Flesh pale green, very juicy, fine-grained, slightly stringy and 

 solid until fully ripe when it becomes rather tender, sweet at skin to acid at center, 

 slightly musky, good in quality but not equal to Lindley. Seeds separate easily from 

 the pulp, rather numerous, intermediate in size, long to below medium, above medium 

 to narrow, slightly notched, inclined to blunt, frequently with a short enlarged neck, 

 brownish; raphe buried in a medium-sized groove; chalaza small, above center, circular 

 to oval, distinct. 



REQUA. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. U. S. D. A. Rpt., 1864:136. 2. Horticulturist, 24:126. 1869. 3. Grape Cult.. i:iSi. 

 1869. 4. .V. 1'. Sta. An. Rpt., 11:633. 1892. 5. lb., 17:534, 548, 556. 1898. 6. Mo. Sta. Bui., 

 46:41, 43, 44, 45. 1899. 7. Mich. Sta. Bid., 169:175. 1899. 8. Ga. Sta. Bui., 53:48. 1901. 

 9. Can. Hort., 24:261. 1901. fig. 10. Kan. Sta. Bui., 110:243. 1902. 



Rogers' Xo. iS (i). Rogers' Xo. 28 (2, 3, 4, 9). 



Requa is one of Rogers' hybrids hardly equaling others of its color 

 and season. It is an attractive grape in cluster and berry and of very 

 good quality but quite subject to rot and ripening too late for the grape 

 regions of this latitude, being as late as Catawba. In giving his grapes 

 names, Rogers used those of English or German horticultural or botanical 

 celebrities and of some of the Indian names of counties and towns of Massa- 

 chusetts. Requa was dedicated by Rogers to a Mr. Requa, a horticul- 

 turist of local note, of Salem-on-Erie, Massachusetts. 



For an account of the parentage and early history of this variety see 

 Rogers' Hybrids. In 1869 this variety was named Requa, it having been 

 previously known as Rogers' Xo. 28. There appear at present to be two 

 varieties passing under this name. Georgia, Texas and Missouri report 

 this variety as having erect stamens but in our vineyard it shows onl\- 

 recurved stamens. 



Vine medium to vigorous, hardy except in severe winters, medium in productive- 

 ness, not always healchy. Canes medium to long, intermediate in number and thick- 

 ness; tendrils continuous to intemiittent, trifid to bifid. Leaves large to medium, 

 dark green, often thick and rugose; lower surface grayish-green, pubescent. Flowers 

 sterile to partly fertile, open late; stamens refiexed. Fruit ripens about with Catawba 

 or earlier, keeps a long time in good condition. Clusters large to medium, intermediate 



