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

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Beta, too tart fresh, great for jam, productive, early, zone 3, 
15.9 Brix on Sept 11, 2017
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Campbell Early, early, delicious large berries, mid-season, zone 4a, 
18.8 Brix on Sep 11, 2017
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Concord Seedless, tasty small blue berries, some berries diseased, mid-season, zone 4, 
16.7 on Oct 1, 2019
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Edelweiss, very tasty, early, zone 4a, 
15.0 on Sept 5, 2018
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Everest Seedless (NY 98-0228-02), new variety, large blue grapes said to be highly disease-resistant, too soon to evaluate, early to mid-season, zone 5.
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Icydora, white grape, too early to evaluate, leaves are diseased, zone 4.
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Lorelei, one of the tastiest of the white grapes, hint of pineapple, early to mid-season, zone 3a, 
19.6 Brix on Oct 17, 2017
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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
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Petite Jewel, too soon to evaluate, tiny but reportedly delicious pink berries, early, zone 4. 
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Somerset Seedless, pink berries, very tasty, productive, early to mid-season, zone 4, 
15.2 Brix on Aug 27, 2019
Spartan Seedless, white berries, tasty, productive, early, zone 5b, 
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
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Wapanuka, white grape, said to be the "Best USA table grape", too soon for evaluation, early, zone 5.
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Worden, blue berries, fair fresh, great jam, productive, some disease, mid-season, zone 4, 
13.6 Brix on Oct 4, 2017
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Zilga, blue berries, too soon for evaluatiuon, very early, zone 4.

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

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Alden, unhealthy plant with diseased leaves, mid-season, zone 5, 
4.5 Brix on Oct 4, 2017
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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.
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Chontay, diseased leaves, early to mid-season, zone 4b.
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Himrod (white seedless), stunted growth, diseased leaves, early, zone 5.
Goff, red berries, diseased leaves, low-vigor, trunk dies over winter, mid to late season, zone 5b.
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Interlaken (white seedless), stunted growth, diseased leaves, mid-season, zone 6.
John Viola, healthy, 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.
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Lakemont, white berries, stunted growth, diseased leaves, mid-season, zone 6
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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.
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Mars (red seedless), large berries, fair taste somewhat tart, 25% disease loss, some years excessive disease, mid to late, zone 5, 
17.1 Brix on Sept 5, 2018
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Moored, red berries with reportedly delicious muscat flavor; unfortunately poor growth, diseased leaves. Mid-season, zone 5.
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Neptune (white seedless), four years before vine produced grapes, then all grapes rotted, poor growth with diseased leaves. Mid to late, zone 6a.
Price, blue grape, low vigor and trunk dies back over winter, very early, zone 4b.
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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.
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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.
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Swenson Red, diseased leaves and grapes. None ripened on two different vines in two different locations, mid-season, zone 4.
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Tomcord, blue berries, low vigor, died, mid-season, zone 5.
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Vanessa (red seedless), poor growth and diseased leaves. Grafting may be desirable on many sites to increase vine size. Early, zone 5b.
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Venus (blue seedless), poor growth and diseased leaves, early, zone 5.
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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.

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  • Home
  • Methodology
    • Overview
    • Acknowledgements
    • Cuttings
    • Diseases & Insects
    • Dogs - Caution
    • Hardiness zones
    • Training & Pruning Vines
    • Vine Health
    • 2019 Update
  • The Grapes
    • Cultivars (Varieties)
    • Concord-Wine Grapes
    • Red-Wine Grapes
    • Table Grapes
    • White-Wine Grapes
  • Fruit Trees
    • Overview
    • Apples
    • Pawpaws
    • Pears, Asian
    • Pears, European
    • Persimmons
    • Plums
  • Gardening
    • Berries
    • Micro-greens
    • Nuts
    • Vegetables
  • Resources
    • Jam, Juice, Freezing
    • External Links
    • Mindfulness
    • Nurseries
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