Vitis labrusca
The story
When European settlers encountered the fox grape in eastern North America, they noticed its flavors were vastly different from their traditional wine grapes. They coined the term "foxy" to describe these unique, distinct flavors, which tasters often describe as strawberry, raspberry, cotton candy, and intensely "grapey." Depending on how the wine is crafted, these grapes can also impart an intriguing, musky flavor that winemakers can either highlight or soften.
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- Family
- Vitaceae
How to use it
The fox grape is highly valuable in agriculture and plant breeding. It is the source of many famous grape cultivars, including Catawba, Concord, Delaware, Isabella, and Niagara, as well as hybrids like Agawam, Alexander, and Onaka. Remarkably, this species is also in the parentage of Kyoho, which is the most planted grape variety in the world.
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About
Vitis labrusca, the fox grape, is a species of grapevines belonging to the Vitis genus in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The vines are native to eastern North America and are the source of many grape cultivars, including Catawba, Concord, Delaware, Isabella, Niagara, and many hybrid grape varieties such as Agawam, Alexander and Onaka. Among the characteristics of this vine species in contrast to the European wine grape Vitis vinifera are its "slip-skin" that allows the...
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Vitis labrusca
- Slug
- vitis-labrusca
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Genus
- Vitis
- Species
- labrusca
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 40
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