Life Style / Wine Grapes / Hermann: According to Hedrick (Grapes of New York, 1912), this variety originated about 1860 from a seedling of Norton. Sparsely grown, it is apparently presently confined to a few acreages in Missouri. Said to be vigorous, productive, hardy and very resistant to phylloxera. Ripens very late in the season to give small, black-skinned berries susceptible to cracking and rot. Can be used as a tablegrape that some say lacks quality or claim to make a wine of indifferent quality that oxidizes rapidly.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Jaeger 70: American variety derived from an early 19th century cross, created by Hermann Jaeger of Neosho, Missouri, between the native Vitis Lincecumii and Rupestris species. Played an important role in the dev MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Stark Star: According to the Geilweilerhof database (see 'Foreword' above) this complex V.labrusca/vinifera/aestivalis variety was derived from a Catawba seed x (Norton or Hermann) cross and released about 1892. MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Missouri Riesling: Has synonym name Grein 1:Riesling. Derived from a V.riparia seedling Taylor x Unknown V. labrusca cross. According to Hedrick, is an American labruscana variety bred about 1860 by Nicholas Grein of He MORE