Read a story about Bert Dunn as published in the regional paper In the Hills.Our vines are not winter mulched or buried - Canada Plant Hardiness Zone 4b/5a.
Revised August 14, 2007 - Contact Bert for availability, prices and shipping information...
Bert Dunn Box 352,Schomberg, Ontario L0G-1T0 - Phone 905-880-4453 /fax 905-880-4423 (call first) or EMail Bert Dunn
ALDELET (V53035) - white wine won high prize in Nova Scotia.
AGAWAM (Rogers 15) - Red, fruity wine, very late, large berries, mild muscat flavour.
ALDEMINA (ES 9-7-48) - Red wine, very early.
ALPENGLOW (ES 2-8-1) - neurtral blending white wine, low acid/low sugar, table grape, early.
AURORE (Seibel 5279) - French hybrid, white, strong flavour, late ripening.
BACO NOIR - good red wine, hardiness approx 24'C.
BEAUFORT - B Johnson hybrid, Ft Worth # 3 x open, early, black/blue, black currant flavour.
BEAUMONT - B Johnson hybrid, Headlite x open, lavender/pink, juice is clear for white wine.
BETA - L Suelter (v riparia x concord type) red/purple, hardy to zone 3, juice or jelly, med size berries.
BJ1 - B Johannessan hybrid, ES283 x open, blue, large loose clusters, very hardy.
BJ3 - B Johannessan hybrid, ES283 x open, early white, best in heavy soil, small clusters, very hardy.
BJ4 - B Johannessan hybrid, ES283 x open, blue mid season, best in light soil, very hardy.
BLUEBELL - Labrusca type table, hardy to -35F, ripens about Sept. 1st, juice, jelly, fresh market, not great until 4th year.
BRIANNA (ES 7-4-76) - dual purpose white with pineapple taste, hardy to -30'F, Mid-season.
BROCTON - Geneva hybrid, great blender, neutral wine, eating.
CANADICE (NY45-625) - Red seedless variety from Geneva in 1977, berries small on large bunch, vigorous, productive, hardy to -25'F.
CASTEL-19-637 red wine, hardy grape, ask for copy of article by Peter Hemstad.
CAYUGA WHITE - Geneva's white wine hybrid, good eating, early mid season.
CHONTAY - Hardier than Bluebell, labrusca spicy, fruity flavour, med size berries, rose wine. Email for winemaking details, -40F.
CLINTON - Labrusca x Riparia seedling from 1821 - strong grower, very hardy black, tender pulp, coarse wine.
CLICHE - Dr. Vandal's 84-14 (Chancellor x Aurora x riparia x Prince of Wales), early, mildew sensitive, hardy from -34' to -38'C.
CONCORD - medium hardy, juice/jam/jelly, sweet wine.
DE CHAUNAC (S9549) - High quality French hybrid, dry red wine, well balanced, with fruity quality.
DELISLE - Swenson hybrid ES 7-5-41, very hardy, rose coloured, excellent wine per Alain B, hard to root, plant closer than most, early.
DM 8521-1 - good red wine, early, very hardy.
DM 8521-4 - -40'F hardy wine wine, high acid grape, mid Sept.
DM 95-11 - red wine, blending wine.
DUTCHESS - Old Hudson Valley variety, eat, med sweet, white table wine, low acid, little labrusca.
EDELWEISS ES-40 - Swenson hybrid (Minn 78 x Ont), white wine/dessert, eating, early, good size, hardy, slight foxy taste.
EONA - Hansen hybrid (Lady Wellington x Beta) wine, white pink tinge, productive, sweet, hardy to -35C, table wine.
ESPRIT (ES 4-22) - Swenson hybrid (Edelweiss x Villard Blanc) wine grape, good eating, late ripener, hardy about -30C, good wine, good eating.
ES 15-53 - used by ES for breeding, female.
ES 17-59 - favourite juice grape of ES, blue.
ES 2-3-17 - neutral blending white wine, very hardy.
ES 2-8-23 - good eating, correct number not known.
ES 4-1-7 - Swenson hybrid, white, large cluster, ES 56 x S11803, productive, female.
ES 4-7-25 - pink grape, white wine, hardy.
ES 4-9-12 - blue, hardy to -35'F, neutral red wine, little disease.
ES 5-17 - Swenson hybrid, ripens one week before St. Croix, good red wine.
ES 5-4-16 - red wine, disease resistant hardy to -30'F, big clusters.
ES 5-4-18 - early, vigorous, 30'F, med. large berries, neutral white wine, good table grape.
ES 5-4-71 - top white wine of 17 varieties in its class, -40'F, disease free.
ES 56 - very early, sweet, juicy eating, blue.
ES 6-12-28 - (ES 5-14 x open) white grape.
ES 6-15-18 - low acid, white wine with candy flavour, med tender, high quality fruit.
ES 6-16-30 - well regarded white wine, early Sept, hardy to -34'F, low disease. may be called Alaminda
ES 6-17-37 - white productive, early, good eating.
ES 8-2-10 - Blue, female, good size clusters & berries.
ES 8-2-24 - berries medium, high sugar, clean flavour, blue.
ES 8-2-43 - Muscat, pink wine, early Sept, hardy to -30.
ES 9-5-26 - white fruited sister of ES 9-5-32.
ES 9-5-32 - about -37'C, fruity flavour, blue.
ES 10-7-30 - beautiful white, large cluster, good eating, per ES letter.
ES 10-18-28 - (grand pts Cab Sav & Chard), s/b grafted for production, white.
ES 10-18-30 - (gr pts & grafting as above), white wine, early, very hardy.
ES 10-18-50 - (gr pts as above), blue.
ES 12-6-18 - gets Anthracnose in Minn., dense red wine, s/b grown in dry area, graft for vigour.
ES 12-9-96 - white wine, low acid, good disease resistant, hardy to -30'F.
FREDONIA - Blue labrusca, eating, jam, wine. I feel Steuben is hardier and gives better crop.
FRONTENAC - (Minn 1047) excellent red wine, needs late ripening, to reduce acid, 35'F or lower.
FRONTENAC GRIS - (sport of Frontenac) Excellent white wine.
GB 1 - (Valiant x Severenji) red wine, very hardy.
GM 318 - Geisenheim hybrid, small grapes, (Chancellor x Riesling), early, powdery mildew sensitive.
GR 7 - blending red wine, hardy near -31'C, early bud break, mid season, prior called Abundance and Rubiana.
HIBERNAL (GM 322) - Riesling type, late, med spiced fruit.
HIMROD - Early seedless white, Geneva hybrid, table grape, moderately hardy and productive, tender, about -25C.
ISABELLA - deep red labrusca, widely used in Europe for home wine, many synonyms.
JOHN VIOLA - From Prof Meader, riparia x labrusca, hardy Valiant flavour but more foxy, productive, hardy to -30C, eating, jam/jelly/juice.
KANDIYOHI ES 414 - good eating, sister of Swenson Red, large sweet blue berries, very hardy.
KAY GRAY ES1-63 - white wine, very productive, eating, medium berries, very hardy.
KEE WAH DIN - red wine, prune to long canes, plant 10 ' apart, very hardy.
KING OF THE NORTH - Hardy to -40F, hardier than Bluebell, great juice and table grape, labrusca type sweet wine.
L'ACADIE BLANC (V53261) - White vine, Nova Scotia wineries use this variety (Cascade x SV14-287), does best in Maritimes.
LACROSSE (ES294) - Swenson hybrid, white table wine, Seyval parent, hardy, med size.
LAKEMONT - Geneva hybrid, early white seedless, cluster thinning advisable, tender.
LANDAL 244 - Deep red wine, hardy to -25F, blends well with Landot Noir 4511.
LANDOT NOIR 4511 - Deep red wine, hardy to about -20F, excellent growing.
LORALEI (ES 5-4-29) - white, eating, about -35'F, some muscat flavour, female.
LOUISE SWENSON (ES 4-8-33) - excellent white wine, little injury at -40'C, moderate acid/vigour.
MANDAN([WILDER x N.D.] x RED AMBER) - used in crosses by E.S. & Pat Pierquet.
MANITOBA 37 x RED AMBER) - riparia, ripens early, decent size, ok eating, ES used in breeding.
MARECHAL FOCH - Kuhlmann hybrid, excellent red wine, hardy to about -25F.
MINNESOTA 78 - (Beta x Jessico), female plant, reddish-purple, eating, good red wine, ripens mid Oct, very hardy.
MICHURINETZ - V. amurensis cross, deep blue, small berries, gold award wine for Grand Pre winery.
MONTREAL BLUES (ES 6-4-47) - nearly seedless, about -30'C, neutral flavour, aka St. Theresa & Flambeau.
NY MUSCAT (NY 12997) - Geneva hybrid, good muscat wine, requires lighter soil. Used for Icewine in N.B. & N.S., hardy to about -25'C.
NIAGARA - White grape, labrusca character always there, fruity, flowery wine, eating, jam, juice.
OKANAGAN RIESLING - white wine grape (not German Riesling family).
ORTEGA - Muller-Thurgau x Siegerrebe, early-tender, white wine, slender/peau mince.
OSBU - Hansen hybrid, female, (Beta x Agawam), early, berry like sweet wine.
PETIT AMI (DM8313-1) - Mario Muscat x ?), white wine.
PETIT JEWELL SEEDLESS (ES 3-20-36) - small red/pink, cane prune, exc flavour.
PRAIRIE STAR ES 3-24-7 - Good white table wine, hardy to -40, disease resistant, early mid season.
PRK 13-32 - White wine, more balanced than Kay Gray, large berries, very hardy.
RELIANCE - Hardy, red, seedless table grape, Ontario x suffolk red, very hardy to about -25F, spur prune.
SABREVOIS (ES 2-1-9) - Hardy, good red wine, 35'C or lower, mid season, long cane prune.
SEIBEL 10878 red wine, good eating, slow grower.
SEVERNJI - Polish (some say Russian) Amurensis hybrid, female, very juicy, wine, jam, juice.
SEYVAL BLANC (SV 5276)- white, fine quality wine, cluster thin, approx -25C.
SOMERSET SEEDLESS ES 12-7-98) good flavour, small berries, medium cluster, approx -30'C.
ST. CROIX ES 2-3-21 - Sweet blue grape, wine/dessert, good eating, mid season, compact bunches, hardy to -35F+ when winter protected, much less in bare soil.
ST. PEPIN - Swenson hybrid (ES 114 x Seyval), German style white wine. Female, great juice. hardy to approx -26 C.
STEUBEN - Geneva hybrid (Wayne x Sheridan), blue, spicy wine, jam, eating (much better than Concord), vigorous.
SUFFOLK RED (NY 21572)- Geneva hybrid, red, seedless, bunches are loose, hardy here in zone 4B, hardy to about -25'C.
SWENSON RED (ES 349) - Large red clingskin, good texture, low acid table grape, hardy approx -30C.
SWENSON WHITE - neutral blending wine, good table grape, -25'C, long canes.
TANGO (ES 7-2-24) - citrusey taste, med berry/cluster, approx -30'C.
TROLLHAUGEN SEEDLESS (ES 3-22-18) - blue, small berries, similar to CONCORD.
TROUBADOR - dark red wine, mellow tannin, -40'F, small berry, vigorous, good Port.
V 50082 - (Alden x Romulus) blue seedless, good quality, good sized berries, loose bunches, hardy to approx -20'C.
V 64023 - (Alden x Himrod) white seedless, late season, large firm berries, hardy to approx -25'C.
V 64033 - Female plant, beta x ??, late mid season, white wine.
V 64237 - White wine, mid season, hardy to approx -28'C.
V 65163 - (Seneca x NY 45-910), early red seedless, berries small and soft, could be roadside dessert variety - good for jams & pies - no seeds.
V 65403 - (Ventura x 50201) Moderately hardy.
V 71121 - (JS23-416 x V63261), true orange berries, delightful taste, tender.
V 71141 - (De Chaunac x JS23-416), white wine, medium size, good eating.
V 80014 - Red wine, mid season, hardy to approx -28'C.
VALIANT - R. Peterson breeder (Fredonia x Riparia), dark blue, hardy to -40F, excellent jelly/juice, good wine.
VANESSA (V65164) - (Seneca x NY45-910), red seedless, ripening very early, good winter hardiness, firm flesh.
VEEBLANC (V53263) - (Cascade x SV 14287), excellent white table wine, good size bunches and berries, good winter hardiness.
VINCENT (V 49431) - (V 370628 x Chelois), well balanced dry red (almost black) table wine.
VINTINTO (V 65115) - Lomanto x Colobel, extremely deep colour table wine.
VIVANT - (V 63331) Light neutral table wine, varietal or blending, does not require thinning, moderately hardy.
WACHEPA - large amber-white berry, eating.
WORDEN - Concord seedling, larger berries, more compact clusters than Concord, good eating. A colleague uses this for Port Wine.
ALBION SERIES - I am unable to locate records of names/numbers and parentage of these Vineland hybrids.
..Albion 001 - pink, medium size berry, eating, light wine, mid season
..Albion 002 - vigorous grower, large berries, mid-season, white wine, pleasant eating
..Albion 003 - white wine, good eating, good size berries, between mid and late season, vigorous grower
..Albion 004 - large berries, late ripening, white wine
..Albion 005 - small berries, dry white wine, late ripening, strong taste
..Albion 006 - white wine
West Central Ontario