Grein Golden


(Vulpina, Labrusca)



Grein Golden is very similar to Riesling, but the vine is much

stronger in growth. For a variety of the Taylor group, both cluster

and berry are large and uniform, which, with the attractive color of

the berries, make it a most handsome fruit. The flavor, however, is

not at all pleasing, being an unusual commingling of sweetness and

acidity very disagreeable to most palates. The qualit
of the fruit

condemns it for table use, although it is said to make a very good

white wine. Nicholas Grein, Hermann, Missouri, first grew Grein Golden

about 1875.



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, numerous, slender,

dark reddish-brown; nodes enlarged, flattened; internodes long;

tendrils intermittent, trifid or bifid. Leaves large, thick; upper

surface dark green, dull, smooth; lower surface pale green,

lightly pubescent; lobes lacking or one to three with terminus

acute; petiolar sinus deep, narrow; basal sinus usually lacking;

lateral sinus shallow, wide, obscure; teeth deep. Flowers

self-sterile, open in mid-season; stamens reflexed.



Fruit mid-season. Clusters large, long, broad, tapering,

irregular, often heavily single-shouldered, loose; pedicel with a

few inconspicuous warts; brush slender, pale green. Berries

uniform in size, large, round, golden yellow, glossy with thin

bloom, persistent; skin very thin, tender; flesh green,

translucent, very juicy, tender, vinous; good. Seeds free, one to

four, broad, plump, light brown.



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