La Crosse
A modern hybrid cultivar of wine grape, mostly grown in North America. It produces grapes suitable for making fruity white wines similar to Riesling or as a base for blended wines. The grapes also make a good seeded table grape for eating
Pronounced: Luh-kraas
Color: Golden to Amber
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Pairs With: Macaroni & Cheese, Grilled Chicken with Creamy Sauce, BBQ Pork Ramen
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The grapes also make a good seeded table grape for eating. It has benefits of early ripening and when hardened properly in the fall it is winter hardy to at least -25ºF. As such it is best suited to growing in more northern climates. LaCrosse was produced and patented by Elmer Swenson around 1970. It is a hybrid of Seyval crossed to a cross of Minnesota 78 by Seibel 1000 (aka Rosette). To clarify the parentage of LaCrosse.
Minnesota 78 is recorded as a cross of Beta by Witt, however many have disputed this pedigree based on its characteristics, and Elmer Swenson speculated that the pollen parent was likely Jessica, which was used in many crosses. Beta is a cross of a selection of the wild grape Vitis Riparia, Carver, by Concord. Jessica is a cross of a selection of Vitis labrusca by Vitis aestivalis. Seyval is a cross of Seibel 5656 and Seibel S4986. Both these hybrids are a complex set of crosses of other Seibel hydrids.