Brianna

Description

BRIANNA (E.S. 7-4-76)

(Hybrid containing Vitis Labrusca, Vitis Riparia)

GREEN SEEDED TABLE GRAPE

• Medium to large greenish-gold round berries
• Slipskin
• Delicious grapefruit, tropical pineapple and floral flavour. Very sweet. Particularly tasty
• Small to medium sized compact clusters
• Maturity of the grapes (harvest) mid-September.
• Hardy to -30 °C up to zone 4b
• Vigorous vine
• Good disease resistance especially to mildiew
• Easy to grow
• A table grape with exceptional and incomparable flavor that will make you forget the seeds
• Perfect to be eaten fresh, or to make juice
• Can also be used to make a light table wine with tropical grapefruit aromas and floral characteristics
• Self-fertile grape variety

ORIGIN:

• Bred by Elmer Swenson
• Cross: Kay Gray (flower) X E.S.2-12-13 (pollen)
• Cross made in 1983
• Selected as a table grape in 1989
• Released in 2001
• Named by Ed Swanson owner of Cuthills Vineyard Vineyards in Nebraska (USA) in 2002
• Origin: Osceola, Wisconsin (USA)

Anecdote:

The Brianna has for “mother” the Kay Gray – another green variety offered in our online store.

It is indeed the flower of Kay Gray that was used by Elmer Swenson during the cross with the pollen of the “dad” E.S. 2-12-13

DELIVERIES 2019: as of Monday, May 27, 2019, plants are sent by transport (Canada Post) every Monday, reception is 2-3 business days later For Quebec, 4-5 business days later for the rest of Canada. 

PICK UPS 2019: as of Saturday, May 18, 2019 pickup will be done directly at Vignes Chez Soi during opening hours by appointment only.