Vol. 123 (2010): Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society
Krome Memorial Institute (Tropicals)

Development of New Muscadine Wine Grapes

Photos: Florida contains over half the wild orchid species found in the United States, at roughly 100 species. The endangered Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii) makes its home in the area of southern Florida known as the Big Cypress Swamp (including the

Published 2010-12-01

Keywords

  • Vitis rotundifolia Michx.,
  • grape shoot vigor,
  • spur yield,
  • fruit SSC,
  • wine evaluation score,
  • wine browning
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Abstract

Three white and five red wine muscadine grapes were selected from 6650 seedlings of FAMU’s muscadine breeding program. Horticultural characteristics, wine evaluation scores, and wine browning data indicate that these selections have advanced horticultural and/or wine characteristics over premium wine cultivars Carlos and Noble, making these the new premium wine grapes in the future.

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