134 Rogers' Hybr. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Rulander. 



(G) DELAWARE SEEDLING No. 3 Vine very healthy, 

 free from mildew and rot, perfectly hardy; 

 bunch above medium, very compact; berry very 

 firm, round, above medium in size, black; 

 quality very good ; promises to be a valuable 

 early market grape, ripening before Hartford. 

 (H) DELAWARE SEEDLING No. 4 Vine a moderate 

 grower, quite healthy and hardy ; bunch and 

 berry medium in size ; in color like Delaware ; 

 quality very good ; ripens before Hartford. 

 Rutland. Probably a cross between Eumelan 

 and Adirondac. A new grape originated by D. S. Mar- 

 vin, Watertown, N. Y. Berry and bunch medium, com- 

 pact, not shouldered ; color blue-black; fleshy, spright- 

 ly, vinous ; skin thin ; very good. Am. Pomol. Society 

 Reports on New Fruits, 1881. 



Rogers*' Hybrids. These were produced 

 in a small garden in Roxbury, near Boston, 

 Mass. When first fruited (in 1856), and long 

 afterwards, they were designated by numbers 

 only. Those of Rogers' valuable seedlings to 

 which he has given names in place of num- 

 bers, by which they have hitherto been desig- 

 nated, have been placed, in alphabetical or- 

 der, in their appropriate places,* but there 

 are some remaining numbers yet unnamed 

 which deserve a name. 



TVo. 2. One of the largest of all his hy- 

 brids. Bunch and berry very large, dark purple, 

 nearly black ; thick-skinned and somewhat 

 acid (ripening imperfectly with us, from loss 

 of foliage, before maturing its fruit) ; late in 

 ripening, and in flavor somewhat like the Ca- 

 tawba. Vine a vigorous grower and very pro- 

 ductive, but here subject to rot. 



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

 and deserving to be better known. Bunch me- 

 dium to large, moderately compact ; . berries 

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

 foxiness, ripens early, and in quality one of 

 the very best. Vine hardy and heal thy, hardier 

 and healthier than SALEM, which it resembles, 

 but not as strong a grower as some others. 



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

 best, and valuable for wine-making purposes. 

 Bunch and berry large ; color pale red, but the 

 fully matured berries a coppery-red with fine 

 light gray bloom ; flesh sweet, juicy, with 

 pleasant flavor, and almost entirely free from 

 pulp. Skin about the same thickness as Ca- 

 tawba. Vine a strong, vigorous grower, with 

 broad, thick and coarse foliage ; hardy and 

 productive. Its fruit is ripening later than 

 most of his other varieties, and its foliage, un- 

 der 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. 3O. Light red ; bunch and berry very 

 large ; flavor very fine, much like the foreign 

 Chasselas ; pulp very tender. Vine vigorous and 

 healthy. One of the best flavored of all the Rogers' 

 grapes. Ripens early. Geo. W. Campbell. 



Roenbeck. (Hybrid.) Parentage unknown. A 

 chance seedling, originated on the grounds of Jas. W. 

 Trask at Bergen Point, N. J. First fruited in 1870. 



Bunches long, compact, well - shouldered ; berries 

 medium size ; color pale green ; skin thin and trans- 

 parent; flesh melting and very sweet, no pulp. 

 Ripens about same time as the Concord. Wood short- 

 jointed and light-colored ; large fruit-buds. Vine 

 hardy and prolific ; fruit needs thinning out, as the 

 vine, like Delaware, has a tendency to overbear. The 

 foliage as well as other characteristics indicate Vinlfera 

 parentage, but its roots have, so far, not been attacked 

 by the Phylloxera. 



Fred. Roenbeck, of Centerville, Hudson Co., N, J., 

 is propagating this variety, to sell after it may have 

 been tried and proven satisfactory. 



* No. 1, Goethe; 

 N'o. 3, Massasoit: 

 No. 4, Wilder; 

 No. 9, Llndley; 



No. 14, Gaertner; 

 No. 15, Agawam: 

 No. 19, Merriiuac; 

 No. 28, Requa; 

 No. 39, Aminla; 



No. 41, Essex: 

 No. 43, Barry; 

 No. 44, Herbert; 

 No. 53, Salem. 



ROGERS' HYBRID. (No. 8.) 



Rulander or St.Genevieve. Syn., AMOUREUX. 

 RED ELBEN. (JEst. X ) What we call here the 

 Rulander is not the same vine known by that 

 name in Germany, but is claimed to be a seed- 

 ling from a foreign grape (Pineau) brought by 

 the early French settlers to the western bank 



