'Good' Grapes for Table, Jam, Juice, Freezing

Beta, too tart fresh, great for jam, productive, early, zone 3,
15.9 Brix on Sept 11, 2017

Campbell Early, early, delicious large berries, mid-season, zone 4a,
18.8 Brix on Sep 11, 2017

Concord Seedless, tasty small blue berries, some berries diseased, mid-season, zone 4,
16.7 on Oct 1, 2019

Edelweiss, very tasty, early, zone 4a,
15.0 on Sept 5, 2018

Montreal Blues (ES 6-4-47, blue seedless), taste is just okay, productive, unfortunately SWD love it, early, zone 3b.
17.3 Brix on Sept 11, 2017.

Petite Jewel, healthy vine and grapes, tiny but delicious pink seedless berries, early, zone 4.
Brix 17.9 on Sept 11, 2017.
Brix 20.2 on Sept 12, 2020.

Somerset Seedless, pink berries, very tasty, productive, some of the berries get diseased but the rest are fine, early to mid-season, zone 4,
Brix 15.2 on Aug 27, 2019.
Brix 21.6 on Sept 12, 2020
Brix 17.7 on Sept 19, 2021.

Spartan "Seedless", white berries, tasty, productive, early, zone 5b,
It turns out these are not seedless - a mix up by the supplier. There are two varieties of Spartan - seeded and seedless.
18.3 Brix on Oct 1, 2019

Trollhaugen (blue seedless), too soon for evaluation, may not ripen on our site, early, zone 4a.
13.1 Brix on Sept 26, 2018.
11.3 Brix on Oct 1, 2019.
16.9 Brix on sept 12, 2021.

Worden, blue berries, fair fresh, great jam even when brix is low, productive, some disease, mid-season, zone 4,
13.6 Brix on Oct 4, 2017

Zilga, blue berries, too soon for evaluation, does not appear to have healthy leaves, very early, zone 4.
'Rejected' Grapes for Table, Jam, Juice, Freezing

Alden, unhealthy plant with diseased leaves, mid-season, zone 5,
4.5 Brix on Oct 4, 2017

Caco, diseased. Most of the berries rotted before ripening, late, zone 4,
14.9 Brix on Sept 14, 2017

Candice (red seedless), stunted growth, diseased leaves. Tried it in two locations and both were diseased. Early to mid-season, zone 5.

Chontay, diseased leaves, early to mid-season, zone 4b.

Goff, red berries, diseased leaves, low-vigor, trunk dies over winter, mid to late season, zone 5b.

Himrod (white seedless), stunted growth, diseased leaves, early, zone 5.

Interlaken (white seedless), stunted growth, diseased leaves, mid-season, zone 6.

John Viola, healthy leaves and berries, very productive, however taste is too acidic, mid-season, zone 3,
15.7 Brix on Sep 11, 2017

Jupiter (red seedless), stunted growth, diseased leaves - all leaves died, early to mid-season, zone 5.

Lakemont, white berries, stunted growth, diseased leaves, mid-season, zone 6

Marquis (white seedless), diseased. No growth and all leaves died. Tried this cultivar in two separate locations in different years with the same poor results, mid to late, zone 5b.

Moored, red berries with reportedly delicious muscat flavor; unfortunately poor growth, diseased leaves. Mid-season, zone 5.

Neptune (white seedless), it took four years before vine produced grapes, then all grapes rotted, poor growth with diseased leaves. Mid to late, zone 6a.

Ontario (white), too tender, died, zone 6.

Price, blue grape, low vigor and trunk dies back over winter, very early, zone 4b.

Reliance (red seedless), diseased, most grapes rotted before ripening, Reliance is superior to Suffolk Red in about all aspects. Reliance is an offspring of Suffolk Red. Mid to late season, zone 4b.

Suffolk Red (seedless), poor growth and diseased leaves, Reliance is superior to Suffolk Red in about all aspects, Reliance is an offspring of Suffolk Red, mid-season, zone 6a.

Swenson Red, diseased leaves and grapes. None ripened on two different vines in two different locations, mid-season, zone 4.

Tomcord, blue berries, low vigor, died, mid-season, zone 5.

Vanessa (red seedless), poor growth and diseased leaves. Grafting may be desirable on many sites to increase vine size. Early, zone 5b.

Venus (blue seedless), poor growth and diseased leaves, early, zone 5.

Wapanuka, white grape, said to be the "Best USA table grape", early, zone 5.
However, there was a vendor error. Instead of being a white grape, this one is blue - so it is an unknown variety and now Wapanuka.
12.4 Brix on Sept 25, 2021.
So this was rejected and pulled out.

Yates, difficult to root and transplant; several efforts to root were unsuccessful. I could not get the vine to grow. After planting, sometimes it would start out but then die within a month. Finally I gave up on it. There are better varieties out there. Late, zone 5b.