The white grape variety with pink berries originates from Bulgaria; the name means Red Muscat or Red Misket. Synonyms are Karlovski Misket, Kimionka, Misket Siv, Misket Starozagorski, Misket Sungurlarski, Misket Tcherven, Miskete Tcherven, Sinja Temenuga, Sinya Temenuga, Songurlarski Misket and Yuzhnobalgarski Cherven Misket. It should not be confused with the varieties Misket Sungurlarski, Misket Varnenski or Misket Vrachanski, despite seemingly suggestive synonyms or morphological similarities. There are also no relationship links to other Bulgarian Misket (Muscat) varieties. It was a crossing partner of the new varieties Misket Sungurlarski and Orfej. Somatic mutations with other berry colours are Misket Rozov (copper-red berries) and Misket Byal (white berries).
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