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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



REQCA. {Eogers' 2S). 



A fine table grape, supposed to be too late for Canada, but ripening well in the 

 Niagara district, a sample of the kind of grape which should be grown for export, 

 out the vine is scarcely productive enough to be proiitable. 



Requa. 



Origin: E. S. Rogers, Salenj, Mass.; a hybrid between the Wild Labrusca, or 

 Mammoth Fox grape, of Massachusetts, and a European variety. Mr. Rogers produced 

 his seedlings m 18.50. ajid at first introduced tliem liy their numbers only! 

 1 Vine : fairly vigorous and moderately productive. 



Bunch: large, shouldered, moderately compact, but somewhat poor. 



Berry: large, round; skin thin, wine color with thick bluish bloom; pulp tender, 

 juicy; flavor sweet, sprightly; seeds two or three, of medium size. 



Quality: dessert very good. 



Value : fii'st class for home or foreign market. 



•Skason : very late. 



