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Grape Variety: Frontenac

Variety Name Frontenac
TTB Approved Name(s) Frontenac
All Synonyms MN 1047
Countries of Origin USA
Species Complex hybrid (see Comment section)
Breeder P.R. Hemstad, J.J. Luby, P.R. Pierquet
Institution University of Minnesota
Year Released 1996
Status of Ownership Patent owned by University of Minnesota
Pedigree Landot 4511 x University of Minnesota V. riparia selection no. 89
References
Berry Color Black
Uses Wine
Comments This red wine variety was created by the University of Minnesota breeding program and is cold hardy to -35 degrees F. The pedigree is a complex hybrid including Vitis riparia, labrusca, vinifera, aestivalis, lincecumii, rupestris, cinerea and berlandieri.

Frontenac Selections

Information about: Clonal Families, Selection Numbers and Registration Status
 
Frontenac [01]
Registration Status Registered
Source Peter Hemstad, University of Minnesota breeding program
Comments This cultivar was donated to the public grapevine collection at Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis, in 2013 by Peter Hemstad of the University of Minnesota grape breeding program. The original material qualified for the California Grapevine Registration & Certification Program in 2015. The original material underwent microshoot tip tissue culture therapy in 2014 and qualified for the Russell Ranch Foundation Vineyard, where it was planted in 2016. This patented variety is proprietary to the University of Minnesota. FPS can only distribute material to customers who have obtained a license from the University of Minnesota program - see http://www.grapes.umn.edu/