St. Croix (grape)

Saint Croix is a wine grape variety developed in 1981 by American grape breeder Elmer Swenson of Osceola, Wisconsin.[1][2] It goes by the synonyms Saint Croy, E.S. 2-3-21, and Elmer Swenson 242.[3] It is a cross of V. labrusca x V. riparia grapes with cultivar crosses [E.S. 283 (Minn. 78 x Seibel 1000) x E.S. 193 (Minn. 78 x ‘Seneca’)].[4]

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  2. ^ "St. Croix". Iowa Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 24 Feb 2017.
  3. ^ "St. Croix". Wine Searcher. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.
  4. ^ "St. Croix Grapes" (PDF). moundtop.com. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.