Life Style / Wine Grapes / Alden: Labruscana variety, derived from a Ontario x Gros Guillaume cross, recommended for cool climate regions. Suitable for Table or Wine use. Among the largest of the American cultivar grapes it is firm and meaty with a light Muscat flavor and is none-slipskin. Cold-hardy to -15 deg. F (-26 C) the vine is susceptible to the usual diseases. Fruit ripens early to mid-season, about two weeks before Concord.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Festivee: Tablegrape variety developed by Vineland Research Station, Ontario, Canada and released in 1976. Has synonym name Vineland 53033. Derived from a cross between the Alden and Verdelet cultivars. Very vi MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Gros Guillaume: Also known as Grosse Guillaume. Vinifera variety. Has synonym name Rognon de Coq. (No other details as yet other than it is one of the parents of the complex American/Vinifera crosses St. Francis and MORE