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Variety of Vine · Vitis vinifera
The classic American juice and jelly grape with its typical 'foxy' aroma.
Edible value9Medicinal value8Other uses6
🇺🇸 USA 1849

Taste & characteristics

Taste

sourjuicysweetaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Vitis labrusca-Sämling (Wildselektion aus Massachusetts)
Breeder
Ephraim Wales Bull
Pollination
self-fertile
Fruit weight
3 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Round, blue-black, bloomy seeded berries; slip-skin with an intense aromatic labrusca flavour.

Growth

Very hardy and robust, more disease-tolerant than vinifera varieties.

Yield

Reliably high yields; the base of grape juice, jelly and kosher wine.

Notes

The most important American juice grape; well suited to cool climates.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Vine unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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