Somerset (3b)

Description

SOMERSET (ES.12-7-98)

(Hybrid: contains Vitis Labrusca, Vitis Riparia, Vitis Vinifera, + small amounts of other species of different Vitis from North America)

RED SEEDLESS* TABLE GRAPE

• Very sweet and spicy, with irresistible strawberry flavors
• Small to medium-sized seedless berries, firm, juicy, crispy
• Semi-adherent skin (semi-crunchy berries)
• Early ripening (mid August)
• Very cold-hardy (zone 3) in temperature as cold as -35⁰C
• Highly resistant to winter cold without protection
• Very disease-resistant
• Self pollinating
• Good for fresh eating and making jelly or juice
• Unquestionably one of the most popular grape varieties of recent years.
  Very good commercial potential.
• The earliest, sweetest, hardiest and highest quality red seedless grape available.

* Although recognized as a seedless variety, like any seedless variety, seeds might occasionally appear in years when the vine has been “stressed”

ORIGIN:

• Bred by Elmer Swenson
• Cross: E.S. 5-3-64 (flower) X Petite Jewel (pollen)
• Released in 2002
• Origin: Osceola, Wisconsin (USA)

DELIVERIES 2021: as of Monday, May 31st, 2021, plants will be sent by carrier (Canada Post) every Monday, reception is 2-3 business days later for Quebec, 4-5 business days later for the rest of Canada 

PICK UPS 2021: as of Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 orders will be ready for pickups on business days by appointment only at Vignes Chez Soi during opening hours