Volume 48 Number 4 Article 11 Pages: 228-229
Year 1994 Month 10
Title: A New Tropical Grape Cultivar: 'Valplatinta'
Author: F. Watlington
Citation
Abstract:
The first patent ever for a tropical
grapevine cultivar was recently granted
to Valplatinta,'2 a new ana distinct
variety which combines desirable attri
butes from European (Vitis vinifera
L.) and American (V. labrusca L.)
grapes for red juice and wine with the
adaptation of V. caribaea D.C., a spe
cies native to the Caribbean basin.
'Valplatinta' was bred by the author in
his private research vineyard at Aibonito,
Puerto Rico (lat. 18°05'N elevation
600 m.) and was designated W73D-6.
The seed parent, IAC 823-47, is a
female vine selected by J. A. Santos-
Neto at the Institute* Agronomico de
Campinas (IAC) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Its parentage was recorded as IAC
405-6 ('Moscatel Rosado' x V. smalliana
staminate) x IAC 570-2
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