This variety is being promoted widely over Latvia, Belarus, and regions near Moscow, where it has shown good winter hardiness and can be grown productively without winter protection. Clusters are small, 50-60 g, conical, semitight. Berries are small, round shaped, amber, with complex flavor of muscat and pine-apples, ripening early season. It has the ability to ripen even in very cool seasons. Improved resistance to mildew.
Vines are vigorous and with fair disease resistance.
S-675 resulted from a cross of Pearl of Csaba x Amurskiy with the old Minnesota variety, Alpha. It was selected by Professor Skujinsh at the Tymiryazev's Academy of Agriculture in Moscow. Available in two years if all goes well with virus testing. Clusters small and medium, semi-tight, with a wing. Very vigorous and productive vine.