Synonym or cultivar no. (also ES 422) for the grape variety Espirit; see there.
The white grape variety is a complex interspecific new variety between Edelweiss x Villard Blanc. Synonyms or breeding numbers are ES 422 and Esprit. It contains genes from eight grapevine species, i.e. Vitis aestivalis, Vitis berlandieri, Vitis cinerea, Vitis labrusca, Vitis lincecumii, Vitis...
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