Grapes

 

Vitis spp

Vitaceae

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Form: Vine
Seasonality: Perennial
Size: 30 feet or more
Leaves; Large, slightly lobed, roundish leaves

Flowers: Insignificant

Fruit: Berries (grapes) that grow in a pendulous bunch
Stems: Rapid growing, produce tendrils by which the plant attaches itself to supports. Leaves simple, large, roundish lobed
Range/Origin: Cultivar
Hardiness:  Flame Red; Sunset zones 6 - 9,11 - 16; ripen early midseason,  Thompson Seedless; Sunset zones 7 - 14, 18,19; ripen mid season

Comments: Seasonal litter, No thorns

 

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Exposure: Full sun
  • Water: Regular
  • Soil: Deep enriched sandy soils
  • Propagation: Grafting
  • Maintenance: Considerable;  grafting, pruning, disbudding, fixing to structures to hold them off of the ground, cultivation, disease and insect control, fertilizing, harvesting

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