134 Rogers’ Hybr. BUSHBERG 
CATALOGUE. 
Rulander. 
(G) DELAWARE SEEDLING No. 3—Vine very healthy, 
free fro and rot, perfectly y; 
com 
firm, nd, above medium in size, black; 
qualit g ; promises to be a valuable 
early grape, ripening before Hartford 
(H) DELAWARE SEEDLING No. Vi modera’ 
and 
vin, Watertown, N.Y. 
pact, not shouldered ; ne 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 
which he has given names in place 
bers, by which they have hitherto been desig- 
nated, have been placed, in alphabetical or- 
der, in their slit ames tae * but there 
are some t unnamed 
which deserve a ick 
No. 2. One of the largest of all his hy- 
brids. Bunch and berry ve 
gi 
errs somewhat li Ca- 
tawba. Vine state rous grower ng as pro- 
ductive, put here subject to rot. 
No. 5. One of the finest of Rogers’ hybrids, 
and deserving to be better known. Bunch me- 
but not as strong a grower as some others 
e. 8 Considered by us f Rog 
best, and valuable for wine-making purpose 
Bunch ib large; color pale red, but the 
fully matured berri coppery-red with fine 
light gray bloom; flesh sweet, juicy, with 
broad, thick and coarse foliage ; y and 
productive. Its fruit is ing r than 
most of his other varieties, and its foliage, un- 
der good ¢ incli dew; for 
ese 
3; pulp very tender. Vine vigorous and 
“healthy. ‘One of the best flavored of all the Rogers’ 
gtapes. early. . W. Campbell. 
No. is wam ie a a. were 
Noo 1S) Agawam: Ho. te Herbert: 
tS 
_ the early French settlers to 
mbeck. (Hybrid.) ipcegens unknown. A 
e grounds of Jas. W. 
pst fruited in 1870. 
berries 
ski thin aa trans- 
hardy and prolific; fruit need 
Wine, like Delaware, has a tendency to overbear. The 
inifera 
parentage, but its roots have, so far, not been pie: 
by the Phylloxera. 
Fred. Roenbeck, of Centerville, Hudson Co., N. a 
is propagating this variety, to sell after it may hav 
been tried and proven satisfactory. 
ROGERS’ HYBRID. (No. 8.) 
Bulander or St.Genevieve. Syn., A 
