Got a fence or a pergola waiting for a fast-growing vine? Grow your own table grapes or wine grapes! The grape vines we sell, both table and wine varieties, are the most cold-hardy you will find anywhere. Most of them come from the northern Wisconsin breeding program of the late Elmer Swenson. Remarkably, three of his selections are seedless! All of them have good flavor, all are proven successful in Colorado in Zone 4 and above, and also succeed in high summer heat.
Swenson Red Grape– Very hardy dessert grape with large red to blue fruit with a high sugar content; non slip-skin. Slow growing when young; vigor, crop, and size of fruit improves once established. Bears fruit 2-3 years after planting. Unique flavor with hints of strawberry. Ripens in August, 3-4 week earlier than Concord. Also makes an acceptable white wine. Self-fertile.
Concord Grape– Most common grape in Colorado, very vigorous, hardy and productive. Medium sized, slipskin, blue-black fruit with sweet flesh and tart skin with “Welch’s Grape Juice” flavor for table, pie, juice, jelly, and wine. Ripens late September.
Concord Seedless Grape- Concord Seedless shares the distinctive sweet to sweet-tart flavor of Concords, but ripens earlier and features smaller grape clusters with smaller grapes. This is a woody, deciduous, tendril-climbing vine with clusters of seedless grapes that ripen in September. Excellent grape for juice, jam, jelly, pie, and wine.
Flambeau Seedless Grape– This seedless pink grape has clusters of small to medium-sized berries with a very sweet, low-acid flavor. A great table grape for cold climates as they ripen in early September. It is best grown on a trellis instead of an arbor as the vine has low to medium vigor. Tolerant of alkaline soils.
Saint Theresa Seedless- A superb new table grape for the Rocky Mountain region. This very hardy and mostly seedless purple grape offers abundant large clusters of sweet fruit in early September. These grapes can be eaten out of hand but are best used in jam, jelly, pie, or wine.