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    Alden

    interspecific hybrid

    Alden is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is United States.2

    In 2023 it covered 0.2 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 1379 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Poland.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Ontario × Alphonse Lavallée, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    Crossed in 1925 by Wellington, Richard.1

    VIVC records 3 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    the United States2
    Area, 2023
    <1 ha2
    World rank
    1379 / 14972
    parentOntario
    Alden

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Poland0.2 ha

    Area, 2023

    Where Alden grows

    1. Originthe United States
    2. AreaPoland

    Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 261. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3