Concord
Black-skinned, from United States Of America
Concord is an American hybrid grape with dark slip-skin berries and a foxy, grapey aroma, used mainly for juice and sweet wine.
Concord is an interspecific hybrid (a cross between species) raised in 1849 by Ephraim Wales Bull in Concord, Massachusetts. Genomic studies identify Vitis vinifera as its maternal ancestor and the North American fox grape Vitis labrusca as its paternal ancestor, while pedigree records also list Catawba among its immediate parents.
Today it is grown across the cool-climate belt of the northeastern United States, with major production in Washington's Yakima Valley, New York's Finger Lakes and Lake Erie districts, and southwestern Michigan.
The variety is a slip-skin type, meaning the dark purple skin separates easily from the pulp. Its signature 'foxy' note is a sweet musky scent from methyl anthranilate. Most are made off-dry or sweet, though dry versions exist.
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Concord
Concord. From U. P. Hedrick, The Grapes of New York, 1908 (facing p. 220). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Concord
Concord. From USDA National Agricultural Library, USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (POM00006039). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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