SOMERSET

Description

SOMERSET (ES.12-7-98)

(Interspecific hybrid: includes Vitis Labrusca, Vitis Riparia, Vitis Vinifera + other small amounts of American Vitis species)

RED SEEDLESS* TABLE GRAPE

• Small to medium-sized seedless berries, firm, juicy, crispy, very sweet and spicy, with irresistible strawberry like flavor
• Semi-adherent skin
• Small to medium sized compact clusters
• Grows in zones 3, 4, 5 and above
• Very hardy, to approximately -35°C (-31°F)
• Very resistant to winter cold, without any protection
• The hardiest seedless cultivar on the market
• Ripening period: very early, beginning of the season, mid-to-end of August in zone 4b. One of the earliest variety for «cold climate regions». The earliest seedless variety. Requires 900-950 CDD 10°C (Celsius Degree-Days base 10°C)– or 1620-1710 FDD base 50°F- to mature fruit
• Medium vigorous vine
• Very good resistance to most vine diseases
• Undoubtedly one of the most popular table grape varieties of the recent years
• High commercial potential, good for fresh eating and to make jelly or juice
• The earliest, sweetest, hardiest and highest quality seedless red table grape available on the market
• Self-pollinating

*Although considered a «seedless» variety, seeds might occasionally appear some years, when the vine has been “stressed”.

As stated by Cornell University: «The degree of seedlessness varies greatly among seedless grape varieties. Most seedless grapes have vestigial seed traces that range in size from very small to large and noticeable. Seed traces in berries of the same variety may vary greatly in size and in the hardness of their seed coats. Climate is also known to affect seed trace size. Occasionally the seed traces in some seedless grapes are large enough to be bothersome to consumers.»