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ripen too late for northern regions. The variety was named 

 Requa in 1869, it having been previously known as No. 28. 



Vine vigorous, hardy except in severe winters, medium in produc- 

 tiveness. Canes long, thick ; tendrils continuous or intermittent, 

 trifid or bifid. Leaves medium in size, dark green, often thick and 

 rugose ; lower surface grayish-green, pubescent. Flowers semi-fertile, 

 late ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit late, keeps long. Clusters large, cylindrical, often with 

 a long, single shoulder, compact. Berries large, oval, dark, dull red 

 covered with thin bloom, strongly adherent ; skin thin, tough, ad- 

 herent ; flesh pale green, tender, stringy, vinous, foxy, sweet ; good 

 to very good. Seeds adherent, medium in size and length, broad, blunt. 



ROCHESTER 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



The fruit of Rochester is a large-clustered red grape, handsome 

 and very good in quality. The vine is a strong grower, pro- 

 ductive and free from diseases. The variety is difficult to 

 propagate and, therefore, not in favor with nurserymen. The 

 grapes are sweet, rich and vinous but should be used as soon as 

 ripe, as they do not keep well and the berries quickly shatter 

 from the bunch. As an attractive early red grape, Rochester 

 is worth a place in the garden and in favored locations for a 

 special market. Ellwanger and Barry, Rochester, New York, 

 in 1867 grew Rochester from mixed seed of Delaware, Diana, 

 Concord and Rebecca. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, dark reddish-brown ; 

 nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes short ; tendrils intermittent, 

 long, bifid or trifid. Leaves large ; upper surface light green, glossy, 

 smooth; lower surface grayish-green, pubescent; lobes one to three 

 with terminus acute ; petiolar sinus deep ; basal sinus absent ; lateral 

 sinus shallow ; teeth shallow. Flowers fertile, mid-season ; stamens 

 upright. 



Fruit does not keep well. Clusters large, broad, tapering, usually 

 single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, slender with few warts ; 

 brush slender, yellowish-brown. Berries medium, oval, purplish-red, 



