 In 1957 Ray Brock at Oxted was sent cuttings of several varieties by Dr Zimmerman from Alzey and one of them was labelled ‘Sämling [seedling] 7672’.Just when this crossing was made is not known, although the timing would suggest that it was while Georg Scheu – responsible for varieties such as Huxelrebe, Faberrebe, Kanzler, Regner, Scheurebe, Septimer, Siegerrebe and Würzer – was the Alzey Institute’s Director.By 1960 Brock was able to report that it was