Agawam (grape)
Appearance
Agawam | |
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Grape (Vitis) | |
Color of berry skin | Rouge |
Species | Interspecific crossing with Vitis vinifera and Vitis labrusca in its pedigree |
Also called | Rogers 15 |
VIVC number | 94 |
Agawam (or Rogers 15) is a hybrid grape variety.[1] It is a crossing of Carter (another hybrid grape with Vitis labrusca and Vitis vinifera in its pedigree) and Muscat Hamburg (a Vitis vinifera cultivar). Agawam is one of the so-called Rogers' Hybrids created by E.S. Rogers of Salem, Massachusetts, in the early-to-mid-19th century, and is unique among the named cultivars of that group in that it is self-fertile.
It can be used to make a rosé wine having a "foxy" flavor.[1]
Synonyms
[edit]Agawam is also called Agavam, Rogers 15, and Rogers' Hybrid Nr. 15.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Agawam Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, accessed on June 26, 2010