Details for: DVIT 1774, Vitis rotundifolia Michx., Higgins


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vitis rotundifolia Michx.
Top Name:
Higgins
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Vine
Life Habit:
Woody Vine
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vitis rotundifolia Michx.
Top Name:
Higgins
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Vine
Life Habit:
Woody Vine
Source History
Developed
NEAR 1955.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Orig. in Experiment, Georgia, by M.M. Murphy and B.O. Fry, Ga. Agr. Exp. Sta.
Donated
01 January 1983.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Higgins
Type: Unverified name

GA 3
Type: Developer identifier
synonym

Georgia 3
Type: Developer identifier
synonym

DVIT 1774
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Per Brooks and Olmo (see citation): "Fruit: cluster large, compact; berry large; skin bronze, moderately tyhick yet tender; flesh soft, flavor good; ripens in midseason, a few day before Hunt; muscadine type. Vine: moderately vigorous; yields outstanding; moderately resistant to black rot; self-unfruitful, requiring a pollinator. Named in honor of Dr. B.B. Higgins, Head, Georgia Exp. Sta., Botany Dept. for 42 yrs." Information taken from www.wine-lovers-page.com: "Complex pink to reddish bronze V. rotundifolia (i.e. Muscadine) female pollinate culotivar derived from a Yuga Xd Unknown white male pollinator cross. Has synonym name Georgia 3. Grown in the Southern Gulf States of the U.S.A. where it usually ripens in mid-late season wiht good (16%) fruit sugars. Reported to be vigorous with a thick, edible skin. Has good resistance to Pierce's Disease and is recommended for tablegrape use."
Vitis rotundifolia Michx.
Genus:
Vitis
Subgenus:
Muscadinia
Family:
Vitaceae
Subfamily:
Vitoideae
Nomen number:

41895
Place of publication:

Fl. bor.-amer. 2:231. 1803
Verified:
01/21/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Vitis rotundifolia Michx. var. munsoniana (J. H. Simpson ex Planch.) M. O. Moore (16 active accession[s])
Vitis rotundifolia Michx. var. rotundifolia (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmuscadine grape  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsouthern fox grape  1Jackes, B. R. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Frenchvigne musquée  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanMuscadinerebe  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmoscada  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishvite moscata  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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Citations
  • Brooks, R. M. & H. P. Olmo. 1972. Register of new fruit and nut varieties, 2nd ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 240. Number of accessions cited: 0
Pedigree
Description:
YUGA X WHITE MALE POLLINATOR