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Frost: The covering of ice crystals that forms by direct sublimation on exposed surfaces whose temperature is below freezing.

Hoarfrost: Another name for frost. A deposit of hoarfrost occurs when air with a dew point below freezing is brought to saturation by cooling.

Frost Line: The depth of frost penetration in soil and/or the depth at which the earth will freeze and swell. This depth varies in different parts of the country.

Frost Lid: Round metal lid that is installed on a water meter pit.

Scheurebe: Has synonym name Alzey S. 88. In Austria it is known as Samling 88. Grape variety developed in 1916 at the Alzey Research Institute, Germany, now (2002) determined by DNA analysis to be a cr . . . View Full Definition

Swenson White: Has synonym name ES 6-1-43. Very vigorous variety developed in 1980 and released around 1994 by Elmer Swenson at the Univ. of Minnesota from an Edelweiss x E.S. 442 seedling that ripens arou . . . View Full Definition

Turan: Has synonym name Agria. Hungarian red wine variety with deeply colored flesh, released in 1985, with complex parentage of Bikavar 8 (resulting from a Teinturier x Kadarka Blau cross) and Gar . . . View Full Definition

Trollhaugen: Hard-frost resistant (to -30 deg. F. ie. -35 C) seedless variety created by Elmer Swenson. Suitable as tablegrape or for wine production. Reported to grow small, seedless berries on medium s . . . View Full Definition

Price: Reported to be a V.labrusca variety derived from a (Hector x Seibel 13035) x (Fredonia x Athens) complex cross. Hardier (frost resistant to -25 F ie. -32 C) than Concord it also ripens (ie. . . . View Full Definition

Michurinetz: East European extreme-winter hardy grape of astonishing vigor derived from numerous varieties of european vinifera, plus amurensis rootstock. The name is apparently an anglicized version of . . . View Full Definition