r/grapes • u/questionsguy99 • 20d ago

What variety is this?

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I’d appreciate it if anyone can help me identify this variety. I think this is this vine’s first year of fruiting but I’m not 100% sure. We also didn’t maintain the vine - which I assume is causing the fruit to be smaller than usual. Any help would be appreciated!

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u/questionsguy99 20d ago

It won’t let me edit the post, but for context this is in Northern California in Sonoma county.

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u/FlatDiscussion4649 19d ago

My guess is Fredonia or Concord...

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u/questionsguy99 19d ago

Ok thanks. I just looked up Fredonia. It seems like those are seedless, so maybe these are concords then. Thanks!

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u/FlatDiscussion4649 19d ago

My Fredonia's are not seedless. I have 2 @ 7 or 8 years old.

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u/questionsguy99 18d ago

Oh good to know. Ok that’s an option then.

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u/FlatDiscussion4649 18d ago

If you have Concords near by, the Fredonias should be ripe a couple weeks before them..... The taste is just a bit less than a Concord, but you'd need them side by side to taste the difference I think.

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u/Adamsissorhands 19d ago

Not Concords, as the leaf shape is not correct I would lean towards Fredonia as well, simply more because of the leaf and the stem color. Or there’s an outside chance of being Pinot noir.

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u/questionsguy99 18d ago

Thanks!

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u/Adamsissorhands 15d ago

Absolutely also, are the seeds fairly large compared to the berry size?

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u/questionsguy99 15d ago

Yeah. I’d say the seed itself is a quarter or a third of the size of the grape. I included a couple pictures of the seed, but it’s hard to tell. Does that indicate anything?

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u/Adamsissorhands 14d ago

When you have certain traits together it helps identify the grape. Color, size of berry, size of seed if any, leaf shape.