English term (open pollinated) for an open-pollinated and thus newly formed grape variety; see there.
Term (also Findling) for the natural fertilization of plant flowers, in English "open pollinated" (abbreviated O.P.). The stigmas of the flowers are fertilized "openly", meaning naturally through wind, insects, or self-pollination (without artificial help from humans). When the grape seeds are later sown, new offspring arise, whose pollen donors (father variety) are not known a priori. Through insects or wind, a cross-pollination with pollen from other varieties in the vicinity may have occurred, but also self-pollination (self-fertilization). The father variety can only be suspected.
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