Riesling — Missouri. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Rogers' II>/brids. 173 



Uiesliu^ or Missouri Rieslingr. See page 156, 

 iilso Grein's Seedlings, page 132. 



Kobesou's Seedling:. Identical with Louisiana. 



Robinson's Unnamed Seedlln)^ Grape. An acci- 

 ■dental, found by Mrs. E. Mason, at Laniont, Mich., in 

 1881; bore its Hrst crop of fi'uit in 1885: a moderate 

 grower, with Labrusca folia<fe. slightly lobed, putaes- 

 ^•oiit. Bunch medium, cylindrical, not sliouldered; 

 berry medium, round: slcin tliin l)ut firm: bloom thin 

 whitish; color reddish ambkr; season about with l)i>l- 

 ;iware. Flesh colorless: pulp tender, juicy, mhous, 

 sprightly, "very good," slightly foxy. 



Rochester. (Lahr.y.) One of Ell - 

 wanger»& Eany's seedlings, from mixed 

 seed of Concord, Delaware, Diana and 

 Rebecca. Vine a remarkably vigorous 

 grower and productive bearer; wood 

 short-jointed and hardy; foliage large, 

 thiclv, healthy, yet resembles that of 

 Delaware; the habits of the vine an 

 ?>imilar to those of the Diana, and it 

 requires ample room and rather long 

 pruning. Bnndi large, shouldered, fre- 

 <iuently double-shouldered, very com- 

 pact, sometimes a little TOO compact 

 J/erries medium to large size, round 



DARK PURPLE or PURPLISH - LILA< 



peculiar, with thin white bloom ; lies li 

 very sweet, vinous, rich, and aromatit 

 Ripens early; (usually the first week ui 

 September; has never failed to ripen 

 well in the worst of seasons since it 

 first bore.) — This part of the descriptions refers, 

 of course, to the locality of Rochester, N". Y.. 

 where it was raised. We esteem it highly and 

 consider this variety a very desirable addition to 

 the amateur grapes of the Labrusca class. 



Rockland Favorite. 



page 107. 



Roclswood. See description among Concord 

 Seedlings, page 107. 



Roenbeck. {Hybrid.) Parentage unknown. A chance 

 scedlins. originated on the grounds of .Tas. W. Trask at 

 iiergen Point, N. J. First fruited in 1870. 



Bunches long, compact, well-shouldered; berries me- 

 <lium size: coi!or pale green; slvin thin and transparent; 

 tietili, melting and very sweet, no pulp. Ripens about 

 same time as the Concord. Vine hardy and pi'oliflc. 

 Wood short-jointed and light-colored; large fruit buds; 

 fruit needs thiniiig out, as the vine, like Delaware, has 

 a tendency to overbear. The foliage as well as other 

 characteristics indicate rmi/ecff parentage, but its roots 

 hii ve not l)een attacked l)y tlie Phylloxera. 



Rogers' Hybrids. These valuable seedlings 

 were produced by E. S. Rogers in his small gar- 

 den in Salem, Mass., from crosses of several for- 

 eign varieties upon wild Labrusca, the Mammoth 

 fox grapes of Massachusetts. When first fruited 

 ('in 1856) they Avere designated by numbers only. 

 Those to which he has given names in place of 

 numbers, are placed, in alphabetical order, in 

 their appropriate places,* but there are some re- 

 maining numbers yet unnamed which deserve 

 special attention; they are equally handsome in 

 appearance, of fine quality and are successfully 

 grown in some localities : 



No. 2. One of the largest of his hybrids. 

 Bunch and berrtj very large, dark purple, nearly 

 BLACK : thick-skinned and somewhat acid (ripen- 

 ing imperfectly with us, from loss of foliage, be- 

 fore maturing its fruit) ; late in ripening, and in 

 llavor somewhat like the Catawba. Vine a vigor- 

 ous grower and very productive. 



{Lahr.) See Concord Seedl., 



*Xo. 1, Goethe. 

 No. 3, Massasoit. 

 No. 4, Wilder. 

 Xo. 9, Lindley. 



No. 14, Gaertner. 

 No. 1.5, Agawam. 

 No. 19, Merrimac 

 No. 28, Requa. 

 No. .S9, Aminia. 



No. 41, Essfex. 

 No. 43, Barry. 

 No. 44, Herbei-t. 

 No. 53, Salem. 



ROGERS' HYBRID. (No. 



No. 5. One of the finest of Rogers' hybrids. 

 B^twh medium to large, moderately compact; 

 herries large, round, red, sweet and rich ; free from 

 foxiness, ripens early. Vine hardy and healthy, 

 resembles Lindley, but not as strong a grower. 



No. 8. Considered by us as one of Rogers' 

 Jiest. and valuable for wine-making purposes. 

 Bnnrh and Jierni large; color pale red, but the 

 fully matured berries a coppery red with fine 

 light gray bloom ; fiesh sweet, juicy with pleasant 

 flavor, and almost free from pulp. Skin about the 

 same thickness as Catawba. Vine a strong, vig- 

 orous grower, with Ijioad. thick and coarse foliage ; 

 hardy and productive. Its fruit is ripening later 

 than most of his other varieties, and its foliage, 

 under good culture, less inclined to mildew ; for 

 these reasons it is the more appreciated and 

 largely planted by some experienced wine growers 

 in Illinois, directly east of St. Louis. 



No. 30. Vine vigorous and healthy; Inmrh 

 medium; herries large, light red; flavor very 

 fine, much like the foreign Cha.eselas; pulp very 

 tender. One of the best flavored of all the 

 Rogers' grapes. Ripens early, but rather irregu- 

 lar as to date. Has proven generally satisfactory. 



