Red wine grape adapted to the midwestern U.S. Origin: in Excelsior, Minn., by P.R. Hemstad, J.J. Luby, and P.R. Pierquet, Univ. of Minnesota. Not patented. Landot 4511 × University of Minnesota V. riparia selection no. 89; selected in 1983; tested as MN 1047; introd. in 1995. Berry: small (1.1 g); bluish-black; juice characteristics include 21.6% soluble solids, pH 3.05, acidity 16.5 g·L-l; ripens 7-10 days after Foch, or about 20 Sept. at Excelsior; wine good quality with very little of the herbaceous character typical of many interspecific hybrids. Cluster: medium (130 g); somewhat loose. Tree: Fruit:
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