Bath Grapes

Bath. Fredonia x NY 10805 (Chasselas Rose x Mills)From Cornell University's Geneva, New York experiment station, released in 1952. The relatively small, blue berries are firmer, sweeter, and milder in labrusca flavor than the parent, Fredonia. Clusters are cylindrical in shape and vary in size. Heavy bearing , but rather low in vigor. Does best on fertile sandy or silty loam soils. Use it as a Concord type. Ripens about three weeks before Concord. About as hardy as Concord. Prune to spurs.