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- From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
- To: labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [LabruscaGrape] Diamond
- Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 21:39:26 -0500
Hi,
More than you want to know about those varieties.
I am researching as we go...
Excerpts from:
http://www.marylandwine.com/mgga/growing/glossary4.html#niagara
DIAMOND:
Also known as Moore's Diamond. American native vine and vinifera hybrid
grape created in New York around 1870 by crossing the Iona (vinifera-labrusca)
hybrid with Concord. Ripening in early to mid-October, it resembles the
latter parent and has been widely grown in western New York state and used
for creating sparkling blends and dry varietal wines. Susceptible to fruit-cracking
under wet conditions. It is also popular as a tablegrape.
IONA:
Native American hybrid variety developed for use in New York State
in 1855. Historically interesting as one of the parents, the other being
Concord, of Diamond. Mild labrusca "foxy" flavor allows use in sparkling
wine blends.
CONCORD:
Historically important - (introduced to the Northeast USA around 1850)
- very hardy native American hybrid grape producing the characteristic
"foxy" flavored style of red wine associated with vitis labrusca vines.
Ripens mid-late October. Like its popular offspring Niagara, (created by
a Concord X Cassady crossing in 1868), it produces small vines and low
crops unless grafted onto a good growth rootstock (eg. "3309") and planted
in soils of optimum fertility. Mainly grown in the Eastern and Mid-Western
U.S. and Canada to produce sweet finished wines, grape-juice and desirable
fruit-flavored dessert grapes. Has susceptibility to skin cracking
and postharvest shelling; also to Eutypa-dieback disease. A very similar
grape called Fredonia is grown in the Erie region of New York state, ripening
about two weeks earlier, and acts as an insurance crop against early frosts.
Another version, named Sunbelt, has been developed to give more even fruit
ripening in the hot conditions of the Southern and Gulf States of the U.S.A.
NIAGARA:
Root disease and cold resistant native American labruscana hybrid grape
derived from Concord and Cassady American hybrids. Introduced in
the Northeast USA in 1882. Like its parent Concord counterpart this grape
requires soil of optimum fertility and grafting to a good growth rootstock
(eg. "3309") for best results. Used to create fruity white wines with strong
"grapey" flavor, usually sweet finished, but also found in dry versions.
Suitable also as a Table grape. Possibly one of the few native American
hybrids that will remain popular in the U.S. because of a wide consumer
base created after World War II. Plantings are mainly found in the Eastern
and Mid-West regions of the U.S. where it ripens about 1 week earlier than
Concord. At its best when blended with a neutral wine.
dabrowski wrote:
I don't know enough about Niagara to compare it to, but I do know that
Diamond was a descendant of Concord (by I think 2 generations).
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Canada plant hardiness zone 5b
Southwest Ontario
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[LabruscaGrape] Diamond,
dabrowski, 02/04/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Diamond,
Paul Bulas, 02/04/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Diamond,
dabrowski, 02/04/2003
- Re: [LabruscaGrape] Diamond, Thomas Olenio, 02/04/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Diamond,
dabrowski, 02/04/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Diamond,
Thomas Olenio, 02/04/2003
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[LabruscaGrape] Almost Free Labrusca Cuttings,
Thomas Olenio, 02/04/2003
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[LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Thomas Olenio, 02/05/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Paul Bulas, 02/05/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Thomas Olenio, 02/05/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Paul Bulas, 02/05/2003
- Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor, Thomas Olenio, 02/05/2003
- Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor, Paul Bulas, 02/05/2003
- Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor, Thomas Giannou, 02/05/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Paul Bulas, 02/05/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Thomas Olenio, 02/05/2003
- Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor, Thomas Giannou, 02/05/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Paul Bulas, 02/05/2003
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[LabruscaGrape] Modifying "foxy" flavor,
Thomas Olenio, 02/05/2003
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[LabruscaGrape] Almost Free Labrusca Cuttings,
Thomas Olenio, 02/04/2003
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Re: [LabruscaGrape] Diamond,
Paul Bulas, 02/04/2003
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