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vinifera, a. (and n.) Chiefly U.S.|vaɪˈnɪfərə|
[a. mod.L., specific epithet: cf. viniferous a.]
Of, designating, or derived from the vine Vitis vinifera or its grape, native to the Old World, and also widely cultivated in the U.S., esp. as vinifera grape. Also as n., the vinifera grape or vine.
1888G. Husmann Grape Culture & Wine-Making in Calif. i. vii. 96 The Californica [vine] is particularly adapted to fertile and heavy soils rich in lime... In the much less fertile soil of the University vineyard plot at Berkeley, its growth has been about the same as that of the Vinifera and other stocks on the same soil. 1910― Grape Investigations 16 In the portions of this country where the Vinifera varieties are commercially grown, soil, climatic, and other conditions differ so much from those of France that it is often unsafe to accept the resistant ratings given..by French viticulturists. 1934A. J. Winkler (title) Pruning vinifera grapes. 1939G. C. Husmann et al. Testing Vinifera Grape Varieties 1 Vinifera varieties now furnish approximately 90 percent of the commercial grape production in the United States. 1977Time 21 Nov. 57/2 California's privilege to be the only vinifera grape-growing area does not exist any more. 1989Wilson & Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 37/1 Vinifera and hybrid grapes in the South have yet to become economically competitive with California ones. |