Goethe (grape)

{{Short description|A grape variety one of "Rogers' Hybrids"}}

{{Other uses|Goethe (disambiguation)}}

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| image = Goethe (grape) illustration from The Grapes of New York 1908.png

| caption = Illustration of Goethe grapes from the 1908 book The Grapes of New York

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| also_called = Rogers No. 1

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Goethe is one of the collection of grape varieties known as Rogers' Hybrids, created by Edward Staniford Rogers of Salem, Massachusetts, 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. 1, until Rogers named it after Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the German author, artist, and scientist.{{cite book |last1=Hedrick |first1=Ulysses Prentiss |last2=Booth |first2=Nathaniel Ogden |title=The grapes of New York |date=1908 |publisher=Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., State printers |pages=[https://archive.org/details/grapesofnewyork00hedruoft/page/276 276]–277 |url=https://archive.org/details/grapesofnewyork00hedruoft}}{{cite book |last1=Hedrick |first1=U. P. |title=Manual of American Grape-growing |date=1919 |publisher=Macmillan |page=[https://archive.org/details/manualamericang00hedrgoog/page/n449 377] |url=https://archive.org/details/manualamericang00hedrgoog |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=William H. |title=The Grape in Kansas |date=1901 |publisher=state |page=[https://archive.org/details/grapeinkansas00socigoog/page/n30 22] |url=https://archive.org/details/grapeinkansas00socigoog |language=en}}

Goethe is female, and thus requires a second grape variety as a pollen source. Fruit is a pale red, ripens late, and is prone to rot. Hedrick considered it the most vinifera-like of the Rogers' Hybrids, but while of high quality, it rarely reaches full maturity in shorter-seasoned climates, and only achieved a measure of popularity in the Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West United States.