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["Dean Kreutzer" <deankreutzer@hotmail.com>]

Hi Del,

I agree, Lorelei (ES 5-4-29) is a wonderful tasting grape.  Elmer Swenson 
crossed ES 2-4-13 x ES 2-5-5 to get this grape and many other high quality 
grapes such as Summersweet, ES 5-4-16, and ES 5-3-89.  Lorelei may be a 
challenge for it to survive zone 2 or 3, as I have it as a zone 4 grape, but 
well worth the effort.  Also, from my records it does need a pollinator; I'm 
not sure if it is a female grape or if the stamens are reflexed, like ES 
5-3-89.  As you know, it is a white grape, with medium clusters and berries, 
ripening in Early/Mid-Sept in Central Minnesota.  When I have tasted the 
fruit, the flavor is superior in the berries that are left to ripen a little 
while longer, getting a slight bronze color tone to them.  I have been told 
that wine created from Lorelei is very strange, and not suitable.

That's all the info I have.

Good luck!

Dean Kreutzer
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
USDA zone 3

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