Vineland 71121 Grapes

Vineland 71121. Complex parentage, bred at Vineland, Ontario, Canada. Largely a novelty variety because the fruit is orange in color. The color varies with climate, from golden through orange to rather brown. The vine is upright, but rather low in vigor and needs a fertile soil for good growth. Flavor is neutral, much like pure vinifera. As a student in the lab of Dr. H.P. Olmo I saw a seedling grape that was a bright, fluorescent orange, much more intense than this selection. That one was discarded, but V. 71121 has material from Davis in it's background and may have some ancestors in common with that discarded orange grape. Hardy to about -10 F.