Variation and Breeding Potential of Some Northern Clones of Vitis RipariaMichx
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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1978.32.4.74Abstract
Compared to other areas of the world, North America is a vast storehouse of diversity for the genus Vitis. Taxonomists are not in full agreement concerning the systematics of this genus, but the two most authoritative texts, Bailey (7) and Munson (54), list the number of North American species at 30 and 26, respectively. In contrast, Europe and Asia combined have 10-15 species of Vitis(28). It was in fact the grapes of the North American continent, and not the Indians or wild game that most impressed the first explorers. The Norse explorer, Lief the Lucky, son of Eric the Red, landed in New England about 100 A.D., and was much impressed by the rich growth of native grapes (34, 62). He dubbed the New World "Wineland the Good."
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