Grapes - (Back To Fruit Info)

• For a delicious summertime treat, spread individual grapes on a pan and freeze. Transfer to a freezer box to have available for kids to eat as a frosty snack ~ like little popsicles.
• Grapes are great to pack in lunch boxes. Grapes satisfy your child's sweet tooth without added sugar or fat, and they are an excellent way to get more fruit in a youngster's diet.
• The frosty look on grape varieties is called bloom and is a natural protection produced by grapes.
• There are seedless varieties of grapes in all colors ~ green, red and black ~ available throughout the year.

BEAUTY - BLACK/SEEDLESS

Usage: Eaten fresh in salads as a snack or as a dessert.

Selection: Good-quality grapes are well-colored, plump, firmly attached to the stem and are fairly large. (Some varieties of red grapes are supposed to be small.) Select grapes that are fairly firm, but not rock-hard. Black varieties should be very dark and free of any green tinge. Grapes are always picked ripe, and do not ripen further once off the vine.

Avoid: Avoid grapes that are soft, wrinkled, shriveled, shattered or that have bleached areas around the stem. Soft or wrinkled grapes means they are getting old or have not been kept cold.

CALMERIA - GREEN/SEEDED

Usage: Eaten fresh, in salads, as a snack or as a dessert.

Selection: Good-quality grapes are well-colored, plump, firmly attached to the stem and are fairly large. (Some varieties of red grapes are supposed to be small.) Select grapes that are fairly firm, but not rock-hard. White or green grapes will have a yellow cast or straw color with a touch of amber when at their taste peak. Grapes are always picked ripe, and do not ripen further once off the vine.

Avoid: Avoid grapes that are soft, wrinkled, shriveled, shattered or that have bleached areas around the stem. Soft or wrinkled grapes means they are getting old or have not been kept cold.

CHRISTMAS ROSE - RED/SEEDED

EMPEROR - RED/SEEDED

Usage: Eaten fresh, in salads, as a snack or as a dessert.

Selection: Good-quality grapes are well-colored, plump, firmly attached to the stem and are fairly large. (Some varieties of red grapes are supposed to be small.) Select grapes that are fairly firm, but not rock-hard. Red varieties are best when red coloring predominates on all or most of the berries. Grapes are always picked ripe, and do not ripen further once off the vine.

Avoid: Avoid grapes that are soft, wrinkled, shriveled, shattered or that have bleached areas around the stem. Soft or wrinkled grapes means they are getting old or have not been kept cold.

EXOTIC - BLACK/SEEDED

FLAME - RED/SEEDLESS

Usage: Eaten fresh, in salads, as a snack or as a dessert.

Selection: Good-quality grapes are well-colored, plump, firmly attached to the stem and are fairly large. (Some varieties of red grapes are supposed to be small.) Select grapes that are fairly firm, but not rock-hard. Red varieties are best when red coloring predominates on all or most of the berries. Grapes are always picked ripe, and do not ripen further once off the vine.

Avoid: Avoid grapes that are soft, wrinkled, shriveled, shattered or that have bleached areas around the stem. Soft or wrinkled grapes means they are getting old or have not been kept cold.

PERLETTE - GREEN/SEEDLESS

Usage: Eaten fresh, in salads, as a snack or as a dessert.

Selection: Good-quality grapes are well-colored, plump, firmly attached to the stem and are fairly large. (Some varieties of red grapes are supposed to be small.) Select grapes that are fairly firm, but not rock-hard. White or green grapes will have a yellow cast or straw color with a touch of amber when at their taste peak. Grapes are always picked ripe, and do not ripen further once off the vine.

Avoid: Avoid grapes that are soft, wrinkled, shriveled, shattered or that have bleached areas around the stem. Soft or wrinkled grapes means they are getting old or have not been kept cold.

RED GLOBE - RED/SEEDED

RIBIER - BLACK/SEEDED

Usage: Eaten fresh, in salads, as a snack or as a dessert.

Selection: Good-quality grapes are well-colored, plump, firmly attached to the stem and are fairly large. (Some varieties of red grapes are supposed to be small.) Select grapes that are fairly firm, but not rock-hard. Black varieties should be very dark and free of any green tinge. Grapes are always picked ripe, and do not ripen further once off the vine.

Avoid: Avoid grapes that are soft, wrinkled, shriveled, shattered or that have bleached areas around the stem. Soft or wrinkled grapes means they are getting old or have not been kept cold.

RUBY - RED/SEEDLESS

THOMPSON - GREEN/SEEDLESS

Usage: Eaten fresh, in salads, as a snack or as a dessert.

Selection: Good-quality grapes are well-colored, plump, firmly attached to the stem and are fairly large. (Some varieties of red grapes are supposed to be small.) Select grapes that are fairly firm, but not rock-hard. White or green grapes will have a yellow cast or straw color with a touch of amber when at their taste peak. Grapes are always picked ripe, and do not ripen further once off the vine.

Avoid: Avoid grapes that are soft, wrinkled, shriveled, shattered or that have bleached areas around the stem. Soft or wrinkled grapes means they are getting old or have not been kept cold.

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