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Requa (grape)

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Requa is one of the lesser known members of the collection of grape varieties known as Rogers' Hybrids, created by Edward S. Rogers of Salem, Massachusetts[1] in the mid-19th century, and is the result of a cross of Carter, a selection of Vitis labrusca, and Black Hamburg (there are two varieties known by this name, but in this case it was probably Schiava Grossa), a selection of Vitis vinifera. It was originally known as Rogers No. 28, until Rogers named it after a James Augustus Requa, agent for Thomas Lake Harris' utopian winegrowing community of 'Salem-on-Erie' at Brocton, New York. Requa is female, and thus requires a second grape variety as a pollen source. Fruit is a dark red, ripens late, and is prone to rot.

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  1. ^ "The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 212 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 product Stock Photo - Alamy".