Trollhaugen (4b)

Description

TROLLHAUGEN (E.S. 3-24-7)

(Hybrid: contains Vitis Labrusca, Vitis Riparia)

BLUE SEEDLESS TABLE GRAPE

• Sweet and mild Concord-like flavor
• Delicious very sweet slipskin berries
• Berries are small to medium size
• Skin is thin
• Small cylindrical and compact clusters
• Hardy to -32⁰C
• Zoned 4b for hardiness
• Very resistant to winter cold, without any protection
• Ripens early
• Harvested in September
• Very vigorous wine (ideal to cover fences or pergolas)
• More disease-resistant than Montreal Blues
• Equivalent of Ontario Concord but with thinner skin and seedless
• Self-fertile grape variety

ORIGIN:

• Bred by Elmer Swenson
• Cross between MN 78 (flower) and Venus (pollen)
• Selected in 1985
• Released in 2000
• Developed by E. Swenson; named by David Mc Gregor (vine growing pioneer, 1st winemaker to market wine in Minnesota)
• Origin: Osceola, Wisconsin (USA)

Anecdote:

Trollhaugen, Swenson Red and Petite Jewel – 3 grape varieties offered by Vignes Chez Soi – are “half-sisters” on their mom’s side!

In fact, all three varieties have the same maternal ascendant, the MN78 (flower), fertilized in the case of Trollhaugen by the pollen of its “dad” Venus.

DELIVERIES 2020: as of Monday, May 25th, 2020, plants will be sent by carrier (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 2020: as of Saturday, May 16th, 2020 orders will be ready for pickups on business days by appointment only at Vignes Chez Soi during opening hours