Rogers' Hybrids are a group of 45 grape seedlings, thirteen of them named as cultivars, developed by Edward Staniford Rogers of Salem, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century.
Rogers pollinated a vine of Vitis labrusca, known locally as Carter or Mammoth Globe, with pollen from two European Vitis vinifera grapes, Black Hamburg and White Chasselas, being cultivated under glass nearby.
He planted the resulting seeds in his garden, and the next spring approximately 150 germinated, but cutworms and other pests and accidents reduced their number to forty-five.
Rogers' garden was only half an acre in the center of the city of Salem, and the grapevines shared it with apples, pears, and currants.
Instead, he numbered each hybrid and sent cuttings to interested fruit growers and horticulturists.
A number of them were identified as having fruit quality superior to that of the native vines while being better adapted to North American conditions than the European cultivars.