| 2007 Chateau Z Virtual Vineyard |
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Brix
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TA
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pH |
Notes |
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| DeChaunac |
7/27/07 |
18.9 |
1.57 |
3.08 |
An excellent wine grape IF
allowed to hang to full ripeness. The
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8/10/07 |
21.3 |
1.12 |
3.15 |
harvest must be above 3.50
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8/26/07 |
21.2 |
0.98 |
3.12 |
flavors to be mature. Otherwise, think sour grass clippings. DeChauncac |
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9/3/07 |
20.7 |
0.82 |
3.16 |
wine can be excellent IF
the fruit is allowed to ripen properly for |
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9/13/07 |
21.8 |
0.78 |
3.53 |
6-8
weeks beyond veraison! |
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| Reliance |
7/27/07 |
19.4 |
1.20 |
3.13 |
Dig that pH for the acidity
level! Reliance is very early for me
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8/10/07 |
21.2 |
0.56 |
3.27 |
cracks
every year. Sells well at the market
if picked before cracking. |
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| Vanessa |
7/27/07 |
19.2 |
0.81 |
3.20 |
Chemistry like Reliance and
early, but does not crack. Flavor is
much |
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8/10/07 |
19.0 |
0.52 |
3.33 |
more
neutral than Reliance and the fruit redder.
Nice & crunchy, too! |
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| Canadice |
7/27/07 |
20.0 |
1.20 |
3.16 |
Early with very low
acidity. Doesn't crack and sells very
well at market |
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8/10/07 |
21.2 |
0.37 |
3.46 |
with
the only downer being low vigor. Very
pretty and tasty. |
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| V8-19-11 |
7/27/07 |
29.5 |
3.52 |
2.88 |
typical
riparia flavor |
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| V8-17-1 |
7/27/07 |
25.5 |
2.70 |
3.19 |
typical
riparia flavor |
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| L50-S |
7/27/07 |
26.2 |
3.60 |
2.95 |
Mild
riparia flavor and pretty clusters of small berries with heavy bloom. |
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| Ravat 34 |
8/10/07 |
17.6 |
0.90 |
3.15 |
Early white-pink fruit that
is translucent when ripe. Very good
wine |
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8/21/07 |
19.8 |
0.72 |
3.40 |
chemistry
and large clusters. Likes VSP and
pretty disease resistant. |
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| Buffalo |
8/10/07 |
20.0 |
0.75 |
3.14 |
Talk about SOFT red
wine! If it weren't for the hefty
tannins the wine |
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8/29/07 |
22.0 |
0.53 |
3.39 |
would be very flat. Lovely eating grape and ferments to a
fruity but not |
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8/30/07 |
20.9 |
0.51 |
3.48 |
Welchy
red wine. Blends well with many reds
to add more fruitiness. |
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| Pinot Gris |
8/10/07 |
19.0 |
0.82 |
3.10 |
Very nice white wine
grape. Too bad the clusters are so
tight and the |
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8/21/07 |
20.9 |
0.58 |
3.39 |
vines and fruit are so disease prone and
need grafting. |
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| NY Muscat |
8/10/07 |
21.2 |
0.45 |
3.45 |
Low
vigor, intense muscat aroma, makes lovely muscatel. |
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| Chardonnay |
8/10/07 |
20.4 |
0.75 |
3.38 |
Same comments as for Pinot
Gris, above. |
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8/19/07 |
21.9 |
0.60 |
3.49 |
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| Alwood |
8/10/07 |
16.8 |
0.60 |
3.30 |
Don't
grow Concord, grow Alwood!!! Beautiful
clusters, early, delicious. |
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| Lindley |
8/10/07 |
18.4 |
0.30 |
3.25 |
One
of the finest old-line labruscanas.
Female but worth having. |
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| Chasselas 373 |
8/10/07 |
16.1 |
0.45 |
3.47 |
Davis selection
DVIT373. Very low acidity but the pH
rises fast |
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8/19/07 |
19.2 |
0.34 |
3.89 |
during ripening. Used only for breeding in my vineyard. This may be |
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8/26/07 |
18.3 |
0.38 |
3.91 |
an interesting vinifera to
try if you are into that sort of thing (spraying). |
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9/9/07 |
18.0 |
0.36 |
3.96 |
Very
neutral, sweet and juicy. |
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| Seneca |
8/10/07 |
19.5 |
0.45 |
3.41 |
Higher Brix than Chasselas
and lower acidity! A perfect breeder
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8/19/07 |
20.2 |
0.45 |
3.64 |
pair with wild vines. The pH still rises fast on ripening, but
how this |
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9/9/07 |
21.3 |
0.27 |
3.88 |
translates
into hybrids with wilds is not known to me yet. Very fine grape. |
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| Kay Gray |
8/10/07 |
23.4 |
0.45 |
3.64 |
Still as grassy as
ever. Sweet and disease
resistant. Makes a |
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8/19/07 |
25.7 |
0.52 |
3.94 |
peculiar,
but pleasant wine. Very early. |
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| Delaware |
8/10/07 |
21.4 |
0.75 |
3.13 |
Delaware has sterling wine
chemistry. If you like subtle
Welchiness and |
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8/19/07 |
24.8 |
0.52 |
3.37 |
an aestivalis spiciness,
Delaware is unbeatable. Stunning to
eat when |
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8/21/07 |
23.5 |
0.42 |
3.57 |
fresh
even with small berries and seeds. Its
low vigor is welcome here. |
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| Lakemont |
8/10/07 |
19.7 |
0.55 |
3.00 |
Low
acidity AND pH. A natural for wild
breeding. Very good grape. |
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| Suffolk Red |
8/10/07 |
21.0 |
0.47 |
2.99 |
Ditto
as for Lakemont. Strong grower,
neutral flavor, open clusters. |
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| Pierelle |
8/10/07 |
18.9 |
1.28 |
3.11 |
Nice dual-purpose
grape. Very dense shoot production and
is weak- |
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9/9/07 |
24.0 |
0.50 |
3.69 |
moderate
in disease resistance. Still,
outstanding eating quality. |
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| Aurore |
8/10/07 |
19.6 |
0.71 |
3.34 |
Perfect
wine chemistry, early, clusters too tight.
Neutral is the word. |
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| Captivator |
8/10/07 |
20.4 |
0.75 |
3.22 |
Super fruity with tropical
flavors. Translucent red-orange fruit
is a real |
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8/19/07 |
20.3 |
0.30 |
3.45 |
eye-catcher
at the market. Haven't made wine from
it yet. |
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| GBC-12 |
8/10/07 |
15.5 |
1.80 |
3.00 |
Wild
Vitis labrusca. Early and truly foxy. |
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| Worden |
8/10/07 |
18.8 |
0.90 |
3.22 |
Early
Concord-like fruit. Tastes somewhat
like Beta. |
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| Pocklington |
8/10/07 |
20.3 |
0.60 |
3.31 |
A favorite white seedling
of Concord. Looks like Diamond and a
bit |
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8/21/07 |
21.2 |
0.42 |
3.48 |
stronger
but not so much as Niagara. A lovely
labruscana wine grape. |
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| Diamond |
8/10/07 |
19.0 |
0.60 |
3.21 |
Truly the gem of the white
labruscanas. Beautiful, medium
clusters of |
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8/19/07 |
20.0 |
0.75 |
3.35 |
properly packed med-large
green-gold berries. No doubt one of
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8/21/07 |
19.4 |
0.40 |
3.38 |
finest
old-line labruscana hybrids. Appears
fairly disease resistant. |
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| Wayne (USDA “Wine |
8/10/07 |
20.0 |
0.68 |
3.12 |
NOT Wine King. Ripens early
mid-season, large black |
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| King” PI588125) |
8/19/07 |
22.9 |
0.67 |
3.25 |
berries in med-large
shouldered clusters. Superb wine
chemistry, wine |
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8/26/07 |
22.4 |
0.66 |
3.35 |
is fruity and excellent dry
with oak aging. Pick on pH, not
Brix. Grows |
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8/30/07 |
22.2 |
0.54 |
3.50 |
easily
from cuttings, very disease resistant.
Not Welchy, med. red wine. |
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| Foch |
8/10/07 |
20.4 |
1.42 |
3.16 |
Excellent wine chemistry
and wine. Early and vigorous. Again, pick |
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8/26/07 |
23.8 |
0.78 |
3.44 |
based on pH not Brix. Rich Burgundy-like wine takes ML and oak
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8/27/07 |
21.0 |
0.72 |
3.69 |
nicely. I blend with Lucie Kuhlmann for a very good
wine. |
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| Schuyler |
8/10/07 |
21.0 |
0.53 |
3.51 |
Early, low acid, large
berries and clusters. Neutral flavor
screams for |
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8/26/07 |
22.5 |
0.45 |
3.76 |
more
use in wine. Too soon to rate disease
resistance. A lovely grape. |
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| MN1095 |
8/10/07 |
24.0 |
1.88 |
3.05 |
The ultimate northern wine
mother. Early and can reach normal
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8/19/07 |
28.0 |
1.57 |
3.21 |
chemistry in the
mid-Atlantic with extended hang time.
Takes all other |
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8/26/07 |
25.2 |
1.26 |
3.20 |
pollen easily in breeding
and makes copious seed. Similar to
Foch in |
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9/2/07 |
24.9 |
0.82 |
3.30 |
appearance
and flavor. Female. Very dark wine. |
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| Mericadel |
8/10/07 |
15.7 |
1.05 |
3.06 |
A true blend of America and
Delaware flavor. Pretty good wine chem |
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8/21/07 |
18.3 |
0.48 |
3.42 |
but
VERY dark and fruity. An odd
America-ey flavor, not for everyone. |
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| Baco Noir |
8/10/07 |
20.8 |
1.35 |
3.05 |
Baco has very thin skins
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8/27/07 |
22.0 |
1.20 |
3.48 |
fore
difficult to let hang to full ripeness.
A shame. If only it could hang. |
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| Lucie Kuhlmann |
8/10/07 |
24.0 |
1.35 |
3.06 |
This is a surprising little
grape full of peppery aromas in its small |
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8/19/07 |
26.4 |
1.05 |
3.24 |
berries. Clusters are med-long, cylindrical, loose
and shouldered. Must |
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8/26/07 |
24.6 |
0.82 |
3.38 |
hang to pH of 3.5 to reduce
the strong bell pepper aroma. Good
color, |
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8/27/07 |
24.4 |
0.72 |
3.58 |
disease
resistant, vigorous and productive.
Early-mid season. A keeper. |
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| Oberlin 595 |
8/10/07 |
25.2 |
1.65 |
3.05 |
This is an acidic riparia
hybrid with Gamay that looks a fair bit like |
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8/30/07 |
25.1 |
0.99 |
3.42 |
Lucie Kuhlmann, but is
later and never gets to wine acidity levels.
Very |
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9/13/07 |
23.6 |
1.14 |
3.66 |
dark wine takes ML well to
come into perfect balance. With oak is
like Cru Beaujolais. |
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| America |
8/10/07 |
17.4 |
0.75 |
3.11 |
Strongly fruity-foxy in a
weird way. Incompletely
self-pollinates for |
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9/10/07 |
20.3 |
0.56 |
3.63 |
straggly clusters. Impervious to disease. A good breeder. |
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| Munson |
8/10/07 |
14.0 |
1.50 |
2.98 |
America's mother and a key
parent of the French hybrids. Female,
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9/9/07 |
20.0 |
0.87 |
3.73 |
dark, strong flavor. Decent chemistry for a wild hybrid. Disease
impervious. |
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| Stevenson Brook R22S |
8/16/07 |
21.0 |
1.50 |
3.11 |
A
foxy, riparia wild hybrid. Tiny
clusters and berries. Getting
pulled. |
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| Polk "white" riparia |
8/16/07 |
24.7 |
3.15 |
2.70 |
Not
white. Green shot berries remain after birds eat black fruit. OK vine |
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| V8-19-32 "maple leaf" |
8/16/07 |
25.6 |
3.30 |
2.80 |
Typical
MN riparia with pretty, deep sinus leaves. |
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| V8-18-39 "big cluster" |
8/16/07 |
25.2 |
2.85 |
2.92 |
Med
berries and clusters, neutral, female, early.
Should be bred on. |
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| V8-19-82 "big berry" |
8/16/07 |
22.5 |
2.77 |
2.73 |
Plump
medium berries, female, cluster size not known yet. |
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| Landot Noir |
8/19/07 |
22.6 |
0.82 |
3.46 |
An excellent early-mid red
wine grape with fine chemistry and great |
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8/27/07 |
25.5 |
0.70 |
3.67 |
neutral
flavor. Excellent chemistry and good
disease resistance. |
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| Rayon d'Or |
8/19/07 |
21.6 |
0.75 |
3.08 |
A lovely white wine grape
much like its daughter Seyval. Flavor
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8/21/07 |
21.8 |
0.82 |
3.39 |
richer than Seyval and
overcrops even more. Roots extremely
easily |
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8/27/07 |
22.0 |
0.75 |
3.55 |
from
cuttings. Why isn't there more of it
in the East? Maybe cracking. |
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| Elvira |
8/21/07 |
19.4 |
0.64 |
3.35 |
Cracked
again this year right on cue - even in a dead dry drought! |
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| Vignoles |
8/21/07 |
23.0 |
1.08 |
3.19 |
Lovely
as usual, but those super tight clusters are a problem. |
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| Cayuga |
8/21/07 |
20.9 |
0.61 |
3.45 |
High
pH and sloppy as usual. Disease
resistant, though. Jerry likes it! |
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| Amber |
8/21/07 |
19.0 |
0.74 |
3.19 |
Red,
female, like Elvira. Didn't
crack. Could be a useful mother. |
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| Seyval Blanc |
8/21/07 |
21.3 |
0.70 |
3.25 |
Pick around a pH of 3.35
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8/27/07 |
22.5 |
0.69 |
3.30 |
Needs shoot and cluster
thinned to prevent overcropping and it helps |
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8/30/07 |
20.0 |
0.72 |
3.32 |
to cut secondary crop off
if time/labor permits. Makes large,
properly |
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9/2/07 |
21.2 |
0.68 |
3.53 |
compact, shouldered
clusters of golden berries with a subtle tropical |
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9/9/07 |
20.5 |
0.51 |
3.56 |
fruit aroma. Needs cold fermentation to preserve the
fruit, otherwise |
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9/13/07 |
22.9 |
0.75 |
3.69 |
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wine is neutral like Chardonnay with a similar viscosity. |
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| Wiggins Spring seedling |
8/26/07 |
12.0 |
1.11 |
3.27 |
Wild
Vitis labrusca. Mid-season, vigorous,
disease impervious. Truly foxy. |
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8/26/07 |
23.2 |
1.02 |
3.24 |
David Johnson's coignetiae
hybrid. Female, early-mid season,
small- |
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9/2/07 |
23.6 |
1.02 |
3.39 |
med
clusters, fruity. A great mother for
early grapes. Good disease res. |
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8/26/07 |
17.7 |
0.58 |
3.32 |
Must
be a labrusca X labruscana back cross. Very Welchy and tough. |
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| Rosette |
8/29/07 |
20.2 |
0.79 |
3.31 |
Rosette takes well to ML
fermentation to produce wine with very good |
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9/9/07 |
23.2 |
0.87 |
3.44 |
balance. Small compact clusters of small-med berries
on productive |
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9/10/07 |
22.3 |
0.84 |
3.44 |
vines. Not typically recommended for red wine, but
it does very well in |
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9/13/07 |
22.6 |
0.87 |
3.59 |
this
stead if left to mature to pH~3.5 on the vine. Pretty disease resistant. |
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| Steuben upper |
8/29/07 |
19.4 |
0.53 |
3.42 |
Grow Steuben instead of
Concord. Large handsome clusters of
large |
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9/9/07 |
18.4 |
0.42 |
3.35 |
berries with a scrumptious
muscat flavor. Much praised at market.
Makes |
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9/21/07 |
22.6 |
0.45 |
3.64 |
a surprisingly tasty dry
red wine loaded with tannins. An
excellent |
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| Steuben lower |
8/29/07 |
18.1 |
0.38 |
3.37 |
breeding
grape having low acidity and good disease resistance. |
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| Lady Patricia |
8/29/07 |
19.7 |
0.73 |
3.38 |
Herb Barrett's ladyfinger
grape named for his wife. A VERY
peculiar |
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9/9/07 |
20.5 |
0.73 |
3.54 |
looking,
elongate football shaped berry. Very
tasty. Grows well. |
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| Veeblanc |
8/29/07 |
19.1 |
0.72 |
3.23 |
Large
clusters of big golden berries described as "a flavor explosion" |
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| Chardonel |
8/30/07 |
22.8 |
0.90 |
3.26 |
More acidic than Seyval and
even more attractive to hornets.
There |
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9/9/07 |
25.6 |
0.90 |
3.38 |
may be more bird pecking
due to slightly thinner skins. Still,
a nice |
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9/16/07 |
24.7 |
0.90 |
3.28 |
grape,
but too much vinifera in it and it is patented. Oh well. |
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| Romulus |
8/30/07 |
20.1 |
0.69 |
3.18 |
Nice
wine grape. Shelled badly this
year. Fine flavor. |
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| Gaertner |
9/9/07 |
17.6 |
0.44 |
3.52 |
Big,
brick red labruscana. Female, needs a pollinator. Very good fruit. |
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| Concord |
9/9/07 |
18.8 |
0.40 |
3.58 |
Disease
resistant with pretty clusters. Heavy,
Welchy smell. Give it up! |
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| Verdelet |
9/9/07 |
21.2 |
0.64 |
3.62 |
A pure taste treat. Small-medium, ovoid, translucent white
berries on |
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9/17/07 |
20.1 |
0.54 |
3.55 |
Villard
Blanc like vine. Beautifully flavored
crunchy fruit. Stunning. |
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| Goethe |
9/9/07 |
19.1 |
0.55 |
3.58 |
Small clusters of
med-large, round, brick red, muscatty berries. My |
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9/21/07 |
19.1 |
0.33 |
3.83 |
favorite
labruscana flavor. Powdery mildew
sensitive, but oh so tasty. |
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| Gold Coin |
9/9/07 |
18.2 |
0.57 |
3.68 |
Very
foxy, large, orange-gold berries.
Thick skins like a muscadine! |
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| Hayes |
9/9/07 |
20.5 |
0.45 |
3.89 |
Much
like Pocklington. Vine looks more like
Concord. Very good. |
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| Norton |
9/9/07 |
23.0 |
1.58 |
3.30 |
Much praised for its
historical and disease resistant values.
High pH |
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9/27/07 |
24.1 |
0.75 |
3.84 |
wine chemistry. Super dark color goes well in many blends. |
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| Esprit |
9/9/07 |
20.4 |
0.58 |
3.65 |
Beautiful, huge clusters of
round, medium, green-white berries.
Hangs |
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9/16/07 |
20.8 |
0.48 |
3.68 |
very
well and makes delicious, faintly Welchy white wine. Disease resistant. |
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| Vivant |
9/9/07 |
24.7 |
0.75 |
3.17 |
Some PM this year
late. Golden-pink. Small berries in
medium sized |
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9/16/07 |
23.7 |
0.66 |
3.28 |
clusters
with fine wine chemistry. Superb
wine. Very sweet fruit. |
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| Villard Noir |
9/9/07 |
20.2 |
0.81 |
3.42 |
Let hang for 3.5 pH like
the other red hybrids if you can.
Large, oval |
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9/21/07 |
21.5 |
0.87 |
3.46 |
berries in 1#
clusters. Very productive. Earlier and lower acid than Chambourcin. |
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| Stevenson Brook R4N |
9/9/07 |
20.2 |
1.99 |
3.08 |
Small
Welchy riparia seedling from VT.
Nothing special. |
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| Chambourcin |
9/9/07 |
19.5 |
1.08 |
3.14 |
Med-large, black beries in
large 1-2# clusters. Late and MUST
hang |
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9/21/07 |
20.7 |
0.90 |
3.27 |
until the pH reaches 3.5
for wine with reasonable balance.
Takes ML |
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9/30/07 |
22.6 |
0.72 |
3.37 |
and oak well for a
delicious dark wine. Largely disease
resistant with |
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10/4/07 |
22.2 |
0.74 |
3.57 |
modest
spray. Should be a mid-Atlantic
standard variety. |
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| Traminette |
9/16/07 |
21.4 |
0.60 |
3.25 |
Very
vigorous, makes almost muscat-like wine.
Good disease res. |
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| Roucaneuf |
9/16/07 |
19.7 |
0.70 |
3.20 |
Pink-red,
medium, oval berries in mod. loose clusters.
Nice vine. |
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| Dattier St. Vallier |
9/16/07 |
19.4 |
0.68 |
3.43 |
Getting
pulled. To thin skinned, hornets trash
it. High pH fruit. Cracks. |
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| Melody |
9/16/07 |
21.7 |
0.70 |
3.32 |
Seems
OK, somewhat PM sensitive. Patented. |
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| Catawba |
9/16/07 |
20.6 |
0.42 |
3.35 |
With
little spray makes magnificent fruit.
No wonder it has lasted. |
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| SV 23-512 |
9/16/07 |
21.6 |
0.54 |
3.58 |
A
very fine white wine grape should be grown much more. Productive. |
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| Bacchus |
9/17/07 |
24.3 |
0.90 |
3.35 |
Welchy
riparia wine grape. Makes superb
jelly. Interesting red wine. |
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| Merlot |
9/17/07 |
20.8 |
0.51 |
3.79 |
Disease
prone and low productivity.
Early-mid. Nice, but vinifera. |
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| Cabernet Franc |
9/17/07 |
21.9 |
0.57 |
3.67 |
ditto |
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| BR7 (BR13) |
9/17/07 |
24.5 |
1.11 |
3.10 |
Dead
upright growth, tasty fruit, small clusters, female. BR13 by USDA testing. |
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| Rougeon |
9/17/07 |
19.4 |
0.72 |
3.37 |
A perfect blender with
Rosette. Very dark, good Brix and
balance. No |
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9/21/07 |
20.1 |
0.70 |
3.44 |
problems
with biannual production or ozone here.
Good disease res. |
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| Herbemont |
9/19/07 |
21.4 |
0.81 |
3.07 |
Very late, old aestivalis
hybrid. Large clusters of brown-blue
berries almost |
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9/27/07 |
20.5 |
0.86 |
3.22 |
need to go to frost to
ripen. Vigorous and healthy
vines. Roots with difficulty. |
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| Foxy Vixen |
9/19/07 |
22.3 |
1.59 |
2.99 |
Wild labrusca X
cordifolia. Clean, Beta-like
Welchiness, high solids and |
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10/8/07 |
25.9 |
1.08 |
3.25 |
low acidity for a wild
vine. Very late like cordifolia. Med berries & clusters. |
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| 04-3-2 |
9/20/07 |
25.3 |
1.80 |
3.05 |
Aurore
X FS-2 male cordifolia: long, loose clusters of small berries, female |
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| 04-3-14 |
9/20/07 |
27.4 |
2.48 |
3.18 |
Aurore
X FS-2 male cordifolia: self-fertile, heavy crop, mild cordaroma |
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9/20/07 |
23.3 |
2.13 |
3.00 |
Aurore
X FS-2 male cordifolia: self-fertile, heavy crop, v. mild cordaroma |
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9/19/07 |
27.9 |
1.42 |
3.18 |
Aurore
X FS-2 male cordifolia: female, long peduncle, mod cordaroma |
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9/19/07 |
29.7 |
2.25 |
3.25 |
Aurore
X FS-2 male cordifolia: female, 5/16 berries, loose clusters, mild |
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| 04-3-37 |
9/19/07 |
23.3 |
1.41 |
3.24 |
Aurore
X FS-2 male cordifolia: female, mod cordaroma, 3/8" berries |
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| 04-4-3 |
9/19/07 |
24.4 |
1.20 |
3.38 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: female, 3/8" berry |
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9/19/07 |
27.3 |
2.22 |
3.16 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: female, early, mild cordaroma |
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9/19/07 |
27.7 |
1.20 |
3.47 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: self-fertile, 3-4" clusters, 5/16" berries,
mild |
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9/20/07 |
23.1 |
2.92 |
3.01 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: self-fertile, 3-4" clusters, 5/16" berries,
fruity |
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9/20/07 |
25.2 |
2.10 |
3.01 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: female, 4" loose clusters, citrusy, bloomy |
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9/20/07 |
27.4 |
1.92 |
2.94 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: female, 4-6" loose, tapering clusters, mod cordaroma |
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9/20/07 |
27.1 |
1.95 |
3.13 |
Seyval X FS-1 male
cordifolia: female, 3-4" v. loose clusters, long peduncle |
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9/19/07 |
24.5 |
2.40 |
3.05 |
Seyval X FS-1 male
cordifolia: female, 4"+ peduncle, v. loose, mod cordaroma |
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9/20/07 |
24.4 |
2.22 |
3.02 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: female, 2'3" loose clusters, mod cordaroma |
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9/19/07 |
23.2 |
2.40 |
3.18 |
Seyval X FS-1 male
cordifolia: female, 2" well-filled clusters, mod cordaroma |
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9/20/07 |
26.9 |
1.98 |
3.03 |
Seyval
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9/19/07 |
25.1 |
2.60 |
2.88 |
Seyval
X FS-1 male cordifolia: female, loose 2-3" clusters, mild cordaoma |
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| Villard Blanc |
9/21/07 |
19.7 |
0.72 |
3.37 |
Excellent white wine grape
for the mid-Atlantic. Huge clusters to
2# with |
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9/27/07 |
21.4 |
0.81 |
3.42 |
proper wine chemistry make
neutral, steely white wine. Excellent
to eat, too. |
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| Neptune |
9/21/07 |
21.0 |
0.75 |
3.38 |
Canning
grape. Crunchy. Disease prone. Pretty, oval, white fruit. |
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| Vidal Blanc |
9/21/07 |
21.2 |
0.74 |
3.32 |
A lovely wine grape for the
mid-Atlantic. Too much vinifera in it,
but enjoy |
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9/30/07 |
24.2 |
0.69 |
3.38 |
it in your vineyard and
cellar while it survives. Proper wine
chemistry, late |
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10/2/07 |
23.5 |
0.63 |
3.61 |
ripening,
excellent wine. Mod. Disease
resistant. Needs grafting. |
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| Columbian |
9/21/07 |
15.2 |
0.57 |
3.18 |
Huge
red berries. Very late and
Welchy. My biggest & latest
labruscana. |
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| XLNTA |
9/21/07 |
18.3 |
0.69 |
3.39 |
Very
dark, fairly neutral labruscana.
Disease resistant. Tastes dark. |
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| Steuben (AA Sheridan) |
9/21/07 |
20.5 |
0.38 |
3.45 |
Big
clusters of red-blue berries low in acidity and sweet. Superb breeder. |
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| St. Vincent |
9/21/07 |
20.0 |
0.78 |
3.36 |
Much
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| B50 |
9/27/07 |
19.0 |
3.96 |
2.72 |
Very
late, wild riparia. |
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| Favorite |
9/27/07 |
24.6 |
0.81 |
3.58 |
Huge
clusters, late, excellent chemistry.
Will plant more. |
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| Lenoir |
9/27/07 |
24.2 |
0.90 |
3.53 |
Like
Favorite but a bit later. Excellent in
my aesti-hybrid blend. |
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| Last Rose |
9/28/07 |
21.2 |
0.69 |
3.06 |
Very
late, large clusters of purple berries.
Labruscana flavor. PM prone. |
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| NY 66.795.1 |
9/30/07 |
25.4 |
0.75 |
3.22 |
Late
wine grape. Some cracking. Needs more observation. |
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| Colobel |
9/30/07 |
22.4 |
1.11 |
3.45 |
Very late teinturier
grape. Poor chemistry but makes black
wine that |
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10/4/07 |
22.1 |
1.14 |
3.59 |
blends well with
Chambourcin or other late reds. Good
disease resistance. |
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| B27 |
10/6/07 |
22.8 |
3.45 |
2.96 |
Wild
Vitis cinerea from Illinois. Disease
impervious, leaves hairy on top! |
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| 03-1-1 |
10/8/07 |
28.7 |
1.65 |
2.95 |
SBC
BG cordifolia X Cab. Sauv.: female, small clusters/berries, late, pepperyery |
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| 03-1-2 |
10/8/07 |
25.8 |
1.72 |
3.08 |
SBC
BG cordifolia X Cab. Sauv.: S.F., small clusters/berries, peppery |
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| 03-1-3 |
10/6/07 |
22.8 |
1.35 |
3.26 |
SBC
BG cordifolia X Cab. Sauv.: S.F., small clusters/berries, peppery |
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| 03-2-1 |
9/9/07 |
23.4 |
1.52 |
3.39 |
SBC BG cordifolia X
Chambourcin: S.F., med clusters/berries, mild |
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10/6/07 |
28.1 |
0.78 |
3.84 |
cordaroma,
otherwise like Chambourcin. Must hang
very late. Productive. |
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10/8/07 |
27.6 |
1.05 |
3.69 |
Disease
resistant but gets some foliar phylloxera.
Earliest of this cross. |
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| 03-2-2 |
9/21/07 |
25.5 |
1.41 |
3.02 |
Bad
foliar phylloxera. Getting grafted in
2008. |
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| 03-2-3 |
10/6/07 |
23.8 |
1.27 |
3.20 |
Like 03-2-1 but with heavy
bloom and a bit less loose clusters. A
tad later |
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10/8/07 |
24.4 |
1.33 |
3.20 |
too. Must hang very late like the 03-2-1. |
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| 03-2-4 |
10/6/07 |
25.0 |
1.89 |
3.03 |
Late, large clusters do not
ripen here. Self fertile. Getting grafted in |
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10/8/07 |
25.4 |
2.13 |
3.10 |
03-1-3 |
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| Wagon Trail cordifolia |
9/16/07 |
19.1 |
5.18 |
2.74 |
Wild cordifolia with a
salal berry flavor. Very sour but
hangs well to |
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10/6/07 |
21.4 |
4.80 |
2.71 |
Christmas. Medium clusters of small berries are very
loose. |
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| HPL aestivalis |
10/6/07 |
23.4 |
3.08 |
3.06 |
Small
clusters and berries, very productive, mid-late season. Fine selection.n |
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| Foxy Vixen seedling #1 |
10/8/07 |
28.4 |
0.77 |
3.89 |
Cordifolia
backcross of the Foxy Vixen. Cherry
aroma - no cordaroma. |
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| Alphonse de Serres |
8/10/07 |
15.0 |
2.25 |
3.06 |
A very good rupestris
selection. Small clusters of med
berries. Very |
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10/8/07 |
22.4 |
0.68 |
3.42 |
disease
resistant Amazing chemistry for a wild
grape. Female |
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| IL760-2 |
9/19/07 |
24.2 |
2.48 |
2.69 |
Sour,
very late, for breeding in the South. |
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| IL892-1 |
9/19/07 |
20.0 |
3.19 |
2.68 |
ditto IL760-2. |
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10/8/07 |
21.3 |
2.40 |
2.90 |
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| Williams Cr. Cinerea |
10/8/07 |
25.2 |
5.10 |
2.77 |
Super-sour,
tiny berries and clusters. V. disease
resistant, high Brix. |
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| PFR tannic aestivalis |
10/8/07 |
22.4 |
2.55 |
3.26 |
A
fine Blue Ridge aestivalis. 4-6"
long, cylindrical clusters. Heavy
bloom.om |
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| HPU aestivalis |
10/8/07 |
18.4 |
1.95 |
3.22 |
A
spicy aestivalis with 3/8" berries in 4-6" cylindrical clusters. |
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| FHR-7 cordifolia (SBCG) |
10/12/07 |
26.2 |
4.58 |
3.10 |
A
wild seedling with good cordifolia flavor.
Productive, vigorous. |
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| Crump's cordifolia (SBCG) |
10/12/07 |
26.5 |
3.90 |
2.79 |
ditto
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| BicoRip |
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Polk,
OH, bicolor X riparia, male |
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| FBM aestivalis |
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Fink-Brower
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| FBU aestivalis |
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Fink-Brower
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| GHLS-4 aestivalis |
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Grant's
Hollow Lower seedling #4 |
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| GHLS-1 aestivalis |
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Grant's
Hollow Lower seedling #1 |
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High
Peak Lower seedling #2 |
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High
Peak Lower seedling #4 |
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| HPUS-1 |
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High
Peak Upper seedling #1 |
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| HPUS-2 |
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High
Peak Upper seedling #2 |
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| HPUS-5 |
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High
Peak Upper seedling #5 |
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| Jupiter |
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Fabulous
muscat table grape, blooms early, ripens early. |
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| Land Bridge Trail labrusca |
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wild
V. labrusca, truly foxy. |
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| Marmite Good! |
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British
favorite – not a grape product! |
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| PFR @ gap big berry aestivalistivalis |
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Panther
Falls Rd. @ gap |
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| Polk, OH, cabin bicolor |
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Cabin
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