Flora (grape)
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Flora is the name of two unrelated varieties of grape, one white and one red, both of United States
origin.
grape. It is a crossing of Semillon
and Gewürztraminer
, both Vitis vinifera
varieties, and it was created in 1938 by Harold P. Olmo at the California Agricultural Experiment Station.
, and it was created in 1850 by A. M. Spangler.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
origin.
White Flora
The white Flora is a California wineCalifornia wine
California wine has a long and continuing history, and in the late twentieth century became recognized as producing some of the world's finest wine. While wine is made in all fifty U.S. states, up to 90% of American wine is produced in the state...
grape. It is a crossing of Semillon
Sémillon
Sémillon is a golden-skinned grape used to make dry and sweet white wines, most notably in France and Australia.-History:The origin of the Sémillon grape is hard to determine. It is known that it first arrived in Australia in the early 19th century and by the 1820s the grape covered over 90 percent...
and Gewürztraminer
Gewürztraminer
Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety that performs best in cooler climates. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz, and in French it is written '...
, both Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera
Vitis vinifera is a species of Vitis, native to the Mediterranean region, central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran....
varieties, and it was created in 1938 by Harold P. Olmo at the California Agricultural Experiment Station.
Red Flora
The red Flora is an interspecific hybrid between V. vinifera and Vitis labruscaVitis labrusca
Vitis labrusca is a species of grapevines belonging to the Vitis genus in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The vines are native to the eastern United States and are the source of many grape cultivars, including Catawba and Concord grapes, and many hybrid grape varieties such as Agawam,...
, and it was created in 1850 by A. M. Spangler.