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St. Pepin
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St. Pepin is a female variety, meaning that it must be planted near other varieties to ensure proper fruit set. Small to medium sized berries are formed on medium loose clusters. Ripens mid season at about 20 brix and 1.0% total acidity. Three rows of St. Pepin next to one row of another variety will do well. Excellent wines have been made from St. Pepin as a varietal. When well ripened, fruit quality is similar to Riesling. Selected by Elmer Swenson.
- Primary Use: Table, Juice, White Wine
- Color: Yellow, Green
- Hardiness: 4
- Harvest Time: Early in the Season
- Training System: High Cordon
- Spacing: see our Spacing Chart page here
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| Rory's Recommendation - St. Pepin has become popular lately for use as a late harvest ice wine variety. The female parent of La Crescent, and daughter of Seyval- St. Pepin is capable of making some very high quality wines. Unfortunately, St. Pepin is a female variety and requires a pollinator. Usually St. Pepin's inferior sister seedling La Crosse is used since their blooms overlap best. I do not recommend La Crosse as a variety; it is quite unimpressive in most respects compared to the other white varieties now available. We are in the process of evaluating other varieties to determine the next best pollinator variety. For now, my recommendation is Frontenac or Frontenac Gris. Despite being a female variety St. Pepin is definitely worthy of planting.
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