Norton (grape variety)
Norton is a red wine variety . It comes from a spontaneous cross between Vitis aestivalis and Vitis labrusca . In outdated sources it is still described as a pure descendant of Vitis aestivalis. In addition to Catawba , Concord and Scuppernong, the hybrid is one of the historically most important autochthonous American vines. Norton grapes are the state fruit of Missouri and are therefore one of the landmarks of the state (→ Viticulture in Missouri ).
It was named after Dr. Named Daniel Norborne Norton (November 1794 - January 23, 1843) of Richmond -Virginia. When Norton married Elizabeth Jaquelin Call in 1818, he received nearly ten hectares of agricultural land as a dowry . When his wife died barely three years later while giving birth to their first child, he devoted himself intensively to his property called Magnolia Farm . There he planted various grape varieties in addition to an abundance of plants. At that time he was in intensive correspondence with William Prince, who ran a tree nursery in Flushing . William Prince provided a first description of the Norton grape variety in his History of the wine in 1830 , which was accordingly selected between 1821 and 1830.
Vineyards in the United States are in the states of Texas (→ viticulture in Texas ), North Carolina (→ viticulture in North Carolina ), Virginia (→ viticulture in Virginia with the Monticello AVA ), Pennsylvania (→ viticulture in Pennsylvania ), New Jersey ( → Viticulture in New Jersey ), Arkansas (→ Viticulture in Arkansas ), Oklahoma (→ Viticulture in Oklahoma ) and Missouri ( Augusta AVA , Hermann AVA , Ozark Mountain AVA , Ozark Highlands AVA )
See also the article Viticulture in the United States and the list of grape varieties .
Synonyms
Norton is also known by the names Arkansas, Cynthiana, Norton Virginia, Norton's Seedling, Norton's Virginia Seedling, Norton Virginia, Red River, Virginia Seedling, and Vitis Nortoni.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file, TRACING THE PEDIGREE OF CYNTHIANA GRAPE BY DNA MICROSATELLITE MARKERS, LELAN PARKER, PATRICIA BORDALLO, VIOLETA COLOVA)
Web links
- Norton in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
- Hans Ambrosi , Erika Dettweiler-Münch, Ernst H. Rühl: color atlas grape varieties, 300 varieties and their wines . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer, 1998, ISBN 3-8001-5719-5 .