The Kentville Experiment Station (now the Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) came into being in 1911 at the request of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association. Grapes were first planted in 1913 and during the following eight decades, more than 200 varieties were evaluated. The first attempts at grape breeding were made in 1953, but the program was discontinued because of the arrival of several promising French hybrids, including Marechal Foch and DeChaunac. Another important milestone was the testing of several cultivars of Russian origin during the 1970s. The variety Michurinetz was the most successful of these, becoming widely planted in Nova Scotia in the 1980s.
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