Though they have different names, new research from Missouri State University has found that Norton and Cynthiana wine grapes are genetically identical. (Courtesy Missouri State University) A long-running debate over grapes in Missouri and Arkansas has been put to rest by researchers at Missouri State University. Norton, the official state grape of Missouri, and Cynthiana, the official state grape of Arkansas, are genetically identical, according to a study led by Chin-Feng Hwang, a professor of agriculture, published in the journal Molecular Breeding. Hwang and his team compared four samples of Norton from Missouri vineyards and three samples of Cynthiana from […]