St. Croix (grape)

{{short description|Wine grape variety}}

Saint Croix is a wine grape variety developed in 1981 by American grape breeder Elmer Swenson of Osceola, Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://www.hort.cornell.edu/reisch/grapegenetics/bulletin/wine/winetext4.html|title=French-American and Other Interspecific Varieties-Cornell Cooperative Extension|publisher= Cornell University|accessdate=24 Feb 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/Horticulture_and_FarmersMarkets/StCroix.asp|title=St. Croix|publisher=Iowa Department of Agriculture|accessdate=24 Feb 2017}} It goes by the synonyms Saint Croy, E.S. 2-3-21, and Elmer Swenson 242.{{cite web|url=http://www.wine-searcher.com/grape-980-saint-croix|title=St. Croix|publisher=Wine Searcher|accessdate= 25 Feb 2017}} It is a cross of V. labrusca x V. riparia grapes with cultivar crosses [E.S. 283 (Minn. 78 x Seibel 1000) x E.S. 193 (Minn. 78 x ‘Seneca’)].{{cite web|url= http://www.moundtop.com/grapes/stcroix/StCroixGrapeISU.pdf|title=St. Croix Grapes|publisher=moundtop.com|accessdate=25 Feb 2017}}