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- From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:03:25 -0400
Hello, In Italy Fragolino is still made for
local consumption (semi sparkling dessert wine). It is known as “uva fragolla”
or “uva Tom http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/qa2.asp Isabella Grapes I have a site about Silas McDowell (1795-1879)
(http://www.rabun.net/~phillips) Isabella (Vitis
Labrusca var. Isabella)
has a long history and questionable origin. U.P. Hedrick, in his 1908 work The Grapes of New York, lists it as a
probable cross between Labrusca
and Vinifera. It was originally
secured by William Prince of Flushing, Long Island from Mrs. Isabella Gibbs,
the wife of George Gibbs, a merchant then living in Nicholas Herbemont, in Southern Agriculture (1829), expressed
doubts as to In the early days of American viticulture, Isabella was the grape of choice in Isabella has large, well formed clusters
and attractive, deep black berries with thick bloom. The flavor is good but the
thick skin and muskiness in taste are objectionable for the table. It has a
lustrous green, ample foliage which remains late in the season, and these
characteristics and its vigor make it an attractive ornamental suitable for
arbors, trellises and porch supports. It was introduced into Europe before 1830 where
it was extensively cultivated for the manufacture of a low-grade wine, and
Hendrick considers it quite probable that the phylloxera, which later decimated
the vineyards of Isabella is generally classed as a pure Labrusca, but the evidence for it being a
cross between Labrusca and Vinifera is strong but circumstantial.
Among these are the shape of the berries, certain characteristics of the seeds,
and the susceptibility of the vine to mildew and the berries to black-rot.
Hybrids of it with Vinifera are
usually worthless, lacking in vigor and hardiness. The Isabella X Vinifera progeny are so much more substandard than those of
other pure American grapes X Vinifera
that this further suggests a Vinifera
lineage in Isabella. Such hybrids
(Isabella X Vinifera progeny) usually bear a stronger
resemblance to Vinifera than do
offspring of other pure-bred American and Vinifera
parents. The thick skin adheres considerably to the pulp
and is astringent. The flesh is pale green, sometimes with a yellowish tinge,
and is quite translucent. It is juicy, fine-grained, tender but meaty, somewhat
stringy, and is inclined to foxiness but is sweet to agreeably tart at its
center. The pulp is slightly astringent when not mature and separates from the
seeds with some difficulty. In winemaking, the must ferments best at 60-79
degrees F. Varieties and synonyms of Isabella include Alexander, Black Cape, Cape, Captraube, Champania,
Christie's Improved Isabella, Conckling's Wilding, Constantia, Dorchester,
Framboisier, Garber's Red-Fox, Gibb's Grape, Hanover, Hensell's Long Island,
Isabella d'Amerique, Lespeyre, New Hanover, Paign's Isabella, Payne's Early,
Raisin de Cassis, Raisin du Cap, Raisin Fraise, Raisin Fromboise,
Sainte-Helene, Saluda, Uva Fragola, Vernet, and Woodward. Isabella
is possibly the grape referred to as Cherokee,
Sandbornton and Because Isabella
is no longer a commercially important grape, you won't find many (if any)
modern references to it. Most of the literature in which I have found it
mentioned is old and increasingly difficult to find. I mentioned Hendrick's The Grapes of New York (1908), Prince's Treatise on the Vine (1930), and Herbemont
in Southern Agriculture (1829),
but you might also try Alden Spooner's The
Cultivation of American Grape Vines (1849) and Traite' General de Viticulture (in French,
6 volumes, From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lon J. Rombough "Strawberry" is a generic term in much of |
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[NAFEX] Strawberry grape,
Bassem Samaan, 04/19/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape,
Lon J. Rombough, 04/19/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape, Bill Russell, 04/19/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape, Thomas Olenio, 04/19/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape,
road's end farm, 04/19/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape, Lon J. Rombough, 04/19/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape, Claude Jolicoeur, 04/19/2007
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- Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape, drosehngs1@juno.com, 04/19/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Strawberry grape,
Lon J. Rombough, 04/19/2007
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