PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Gerald S. Dangl AU - Roger Raiche AU - Sue Sim AU - Judy Yang AU - Deborah A. Golino TI - Genetic Composition of the Ornamental Grape Roger’s Red AID - 10.5344/ajev.2010.61.2.266 DP - 2010 Jun 01 TA - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture PG - 266--271 VI - 61 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/61/2/266.short 4100 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/61/2/266.full SO - Am J Enol Vitic.2010 Jun 01; 61 AB - Roger’s Red is an ornamental grape cultivar prized for its scarlet-red fall foliage. It was selected from the wild in Northern California and has been considered a variant of the native Vitis californica. Roger’s Red has red fruit flesh and juice, traits not characteristic of V. californica. Analysis of 11 simple sequence repeat markers showed that Roger’s Red is a hybrid of V. californica and the V. vinifera cultivar Alicante Bouschet. Alicante Bouschet, a teinturier cultivar, has red fruit flesh and juice and has a long history of cultivation in the area where Roger’s Red was first selected.