Thanks Dean
One of my first thoughts on tasting this grape was that - if I could offer
it locally - it could actually get die-hard eaters of bland supermarket
seedless grapes - to switch.
Del
>From: "Dean Kreutzer" <deankreutzer@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Lorelei Grape
>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:28:57 -0600
>
>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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