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BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



leaves, hanging on till late in November; very 

 healthy and hardy, but requires covering in 

 winter. It has very tough, strong roots with a 

 firm, smooth liber, not subject to injury by 

 Phylloxera ; wood very hard, with a small pith 

 and firm outer bark. And although it will not 

 bear big crops, it makes up in quality as a wine 

 grape, what it may lack in quantity. It makes 

 an excellent pale red, or rather brownish wine, 

 closely resembling sherry, which was repeatedly 

 awarded a first premium, as the best light col- 

 ored wine. Must 100 110. 



Rogers' Hybrids. Those of Mr- 

 Rogers' valuable seedlings to whom he 

 has given names in place of numbers, by 

 which they have hitherto been desig- 

 nated, have been placed, in alphabetical 

 order, in their appropriate places ;* but 

 there are some remaining numbers yet 

 unnamed, which deserve a name. (See 

 also Aminia, probably "No. 39.) 



No. 2. One of the largest of all his 

 Hybrids. Bunch and berry very large, 

 dark purple, nearly black ; late in ripen- 

 ing, and in flavor somewhat like the Ca- 

 tawba. Vine a vigorous grower and 

 very productive. 



No. 5. Not yet fruited here. Mr. 

 Geo. W. Campbell says : 



" One of the finest of Rogers' Hybrids, 

 and deserving to be better known. 

 Bunch medium to large, moderately com- 

 pact; berries large, round, red, sweet 

 and rich ; free from foxiness and in qual- 

 ity one of the very best. Vine perfectly 

 hardy and healthy, but not as strong a 

 grower as some others.'*' 



No. 8. Considered by Mr, Husmann 

 as one of the best, and valuable for wine 

 making purposes, he describes it as fol- 

 lows: "Bunch and berry large; color 

 pale red, but the fully matured berries a 

 deep 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 

 Catawba. Vine a strong, vigorous 

 grower, with broad, thick and coarse 

 foliage. Hardy and productive." We 

 do not think so much of these Hybrids, and we 

 fear that their ROOTS are not sufficiently resist- 

 ive to Phylloxera. 



No. l. Goethe 

 No. 8. Massasoit. 

 No. 4. Wilder. 

 No. 9. Lindley. 



No. 14. Gaertner. 

 No. 15. Agawam. 

 No . 19. Merrimac. 

 No. 28. Bequa. 



No. 41. Essex. 

 No. 43. Barry. 



No. 44. Herbert. 

 No. 53. Salem. 



Salem (Rogers' No. 53.) Like Agawam 

 (No. 15) and Wilder (No. 4), this is a Hybrid 

 between a native (Wild Mammoth), the female, 

 and the Black Hamburg, the male parent. 

 Bunch large and compact, broad, shouldered; 

 berry large as Hamburg, three-fourths of an 

 inch in diameter, of a light chestnut or catawba 

 color; flesh tolerably tender, sweet, with rich, 

 aromatic flavor ; a little foxiness to the smell 

 which is not perceptible to the taste ; considered 

 in quality one of the best ; skin rather thick ; 

 seeds large ; ripens as early as Concord ; it also 



ROGERS' HYBRID NO. 8. 



keeps well. Vine very vigorous, healthy ; foli- 

 age large, strong and abundant; wood of a 

 lighter color than most of the Rogers grapes. 

 Thd roots are of medium thickness, branching, 

 with smooth, firm liber, and have more of the 

 native character than most other Hybrids ; they 



