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Brocton

The white grape variety (also Brockton, New York 3345) is an interspecific new variety between Brighton x New York 125 (Winchell x Moore's Diamond). It contains genes from Vitis labrusca and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in 1899 by grower S. A. Beach at the Vine Breeding Institute of Cornell University in Geneva (New York). The berries have a subtle foxy flavour. It was a crossing partner in the new Hector variety. The vine is mainly used as table grape No stock was reported in 2016 (Kym Anderson).

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