Saint Croix is a
wine grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...
variety developed in 1981 by Elmer Swenson of
Osceola, Wisconsin
Osceola is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,568 at the 2010 census. Located mostly within the Town of Osceola, the village sits on the border with Minnesota, separated by the St. Croix River. It is alon ...
It goes by the synonyms Saint Croy, E.S. 2-3-21, and Elmer Swenson 242 It is a cross of ''V. labrusca'' x ''V. riparia'' grapes with cultivar crosses
.S. 283 (Minn. 78 x Seibel 1000) x E.S. 193 (Minn. 78 x ‘Seneca’)ref>
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Grape varieties
Polk County, Wisconsin