🍇 Kober 5BB

Kober 5BB is a grape rootstock from Austria. VIVC lists it under the prime name Kober 5 BB, classes it as an interspecific crossing and gives its use as rootstock.

The breeders gave its pedigree as Berlandieri × Riparia. According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Berlandieri Resseguier 2 and Riparia Gloire de Montpellier. VIVC names Franz Kober and Sigmund Teleki as the breeders; the cross was made in 1896.

According to VIVC, its flowers are female, and it covered 7 ha in Germany (1999). Samples are kept in 54 collections, and the variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.

Why it matters to you. A rootstock is the root part onto which fruiting grape varieties are grafted, so you will not find this name on a wine label. VIVC lists 35 synonyms for it, among them Teleki 5 BB, Koberrebe and Kobrovka.