The white grape variety with dark red berries is an interspecific new variety between Lindley x Delaware. It contains genes from Vitis aestivalis, Vitis labrusca and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1883 in the USA by the botanist Thomas Volney Munson (1843-1913).
The vine is extremely resistant to frost and susceptible to Pierce's disease. It was a crossing partner of the new Palermo variety (1). The variety is used as table grape. A self-fertilised (S.P.) seedling of Brilliant was selected in 1893 by grower C. G. Miller and named Brilliant Seedling.
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