Clinton (grape)

Clinton ( also Clinto, Plant Carmes or Worthington called ) is a red variety, mainly in the Northern Italian Veneto ( here known as Fragola or Fragolino, after the typical strawberry flavor ) is widespread. It is probably a natural hybrid of American vines and thus a hybrid vine. A seedling of this hybrid was discovered in 1835 in the state of New York and selected.

The vine is very early small, dark berries. It is a very strong growing vine with outspoken phylloxera resistance. End of the 19th century it was after a phylloxera epidemic in northern Italy and in the Italian part of Switzerland planted ( 0.3 acres, as of 2007, source: Office fédéral de l'agriculture OFAG ). There Clinton as a table grape with a distinctive, extremely spicy taste. In the Lombard home gardens it grows as a fruit. You can ask the vines are used etc. also for greening pergolas because of their large leaves. Clinton has hermaphrodite flowers and is thus self- fruiting. When the wine-growing economic disadvantage is avoided, no return delivered to have male plants grow.

Via these wines are very fruity and often exhibit a pronounced Fox - tone and are usually only of regional importance. Production and sale of wine from this grape are not allowed as a quality wine in Europe according to the valid laws wine. The Uhudler from the Austrian Burgenland is therefore sold as table wine.

Synonyms: Clinto, Fragola, Fragolino, Plant Carmes, Worthington, it:. Uva americana, it:. Uva fragola.

Ethnicity: Probably hybrid of Vitis riparia x Vitis labrusca