Vine vigorous to very vigorous. Canes rather long and strong, bright green, with more or less purple, with considerable bluish-white bloom; internodes short; tendrils intermittent, of medium size, bifid or trifid. Leaves large, roundish, sometimes entire, or three- to seven-lobed, nearly glabrous above and below; upper surface clear green; lower surface lighter green, slightly glaucous; veins prominent and covered with rather abundant hair. Flowers self-fertile. Fruit ripens very late. Clusters large, long, tapering to cylindrical, prominently shouldered, compact; peduncle long and strong; pedicels somewhat short with few rather large warts; brush pinkish. Berries round, below medium in size, uniform, reddish-black or brown with abundant blue bloom. Skin thin, rather tough, with considerable pigment below. Flesh tender, very juicy; juice colorless or slightly pink; rather sweet, sprightly to slightly acid. Seeds two to four, usually two, small, reddish-brown, slightly glossy; chalaza round, prominent; raphe distinct. HERBERT. (Labrusca, Vinifera.) =1.= _Mag. Hort._, =31=:106. 1865. =2.= _Horticulturist_, =24=:126. 1869. =3.= _Grape Cult._, =1=:180, 182. 1869. =4.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1869=:42. =5.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1881=:32, 43, 121, 123, 136. =6.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:109. =7.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =11=:625. 1892. =8.= _Ill. Sta. Bul._, =28=:260. 1893. =9.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =17=:531, 548, 549, 555. 1898. ROGERS' NO. 44 (1). _Rogers' No. 44_ (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).