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Agawam (grape)

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Agawam
Grape (Vitis)
Color of berry skinRouge
SpeciesInterspecific crossing with Vitis vinifera and Vitis labrusca in its pedigree
Also calledRogers 15
VIVC number94

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]

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Agawam is also called Agavam, Rogers 15, and Rogers' Hybrid Nr. 15.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Agawam Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, accessed on June 26, 2010