The red grape variety is an interspecific new variety between Ten Dollar Prize x Worden(Concord - open-pollinated). It contains genes from Vitis labrusca, Vitis lincecumii and probably also Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1889 by the US botanist Thomas Volney Munson (1843-1913). It is mainly used as table grape. The variety was a crossing partner in the new Universal variety.
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