This red grape variety is an interspecific hybrid of Clinton × Black Hamburg (Schiava Grossa). Synonyms include Arnold 1, Arnold’s Hybrid, Arnold’s Hybrid 1, Canadian Hamburg, Canadian Hybrid, Crni Otelo, Fekete Othello, Fraga Neagra, Kék Othello, Mendoza, Otelo, Otelo Crno and Otello. It contains genes from Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was created in 1859 in Ontario (Canada) by the private ‘ grower ’ Charles Arnold. It served as a parent variety in the development of the new cultivars Folle Américaine, Gaillard 2 and Othello Solonis.
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Markus J. Eser
Weinakademiker und Herausgeber „Der Weinkalender“