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Plant du Caporal

Synonym for the Madeleine Royale grape variety; see there.

The white grape variety originates from France. Synonyms are Branco Especial, Especial Branco, Royal Magdalen grape, Maddaleina Royal, Maddalena Reale, Madeleine Impériale, Madlen Blond, Madlen Roial, Madlen Roiyal, Madlen Royal, Magdalena Kralovska, Magdalene Real, Magdalenka Kralovska and Plant du Caporal. It was bred in 1845 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) at the Institut Moreau-Robert from a...

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