
White grapes range in colour from pale yellow-green to light green, and black grapes from light red to purple-black. Grapes are categorized by their uses, either a table grape or wine grape. Wine grapes have high acidity and are therefore too tart for general eating. The grapes listed below have a high resistance to mildew diseases and are well suited to areas with higher levels of humidity.
A hybrid wine grape that is well suited to coastal climates. The black
fruit is medium to large with excellant tolerance to Downey Mildew. Good table variety for backyards in humid climates, heavy cropper of rich flavoursome grapes when left to fully ripen on vines.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
Large round-oval fruit with golden-yellow skin and a very juicy flesh. A sweet, aromatic slight muscat flavour. Excellent quality.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
Excellent size, colour and texture. Very good disease resistance. Best home garden variety available.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
Sweet variety with pinkish skin and high resistance to downy mildew. Very hardy and well suited to coastal conditions. Good back yard variety with no spraying needed, quality average.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
A Carolina black rose cross. Medium to large seedless fruit with bluish-black skin and firm flesh that hangs in large loose clusters. Fair tolerance to downy mildew.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
Hardy disease resistant dark grape. Traditional variety for coastal areas. Mid to late season crop of medium round grapes.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
Popular medium sized dark grape, very sweet in flavour. Early to mid season. Best suited to areas with low humidity.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
A white/yellow grape well suited to subtropical conditions. Produces large clusters of lady-finger shaped grapes. Tender flesh with sweet slightly astringent flesh. Similar to a sultana grape in flavour.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
One of the most widely recognised red grape varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon is grown in almost every grape growing region of the world for the high quality wine produced from the fruits. Well suited to regions with cool winters and long dry summers.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
Originating in Turkey, Greece and Iran, the sutlana grape is well suited to climates with a cool winter and a long dry summer. This variety does not tolerate humidity well. The fruit have a unique sweet flavour and a beautiful golden colour. As the name suggests they are dried to make sultanas.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
A versatile table grape that is useful for both sultana drying and also wine making. It is suited to areas with hot dry summers. The Merbein Seedless is not well suited to humid coastal condition.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
A hybrid seedless black grape with crisp sweet flesh. The fruits are large and oval shaped with blue black skin and delicious translucent yellow-green flesh. Grafted to give resistence to phylloxera and nematodes. They are best suited to climate with hot, dry summers, they are not well suited to humid coastal climates. Rootstock: Paulsen 1103
140mm | $12.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
Flame Seedless Grape is an early medium small sized grape that is seedless, firm skinned and tender fleshed. It has a mild, sweet/tart flavour and when ripe is a dark flame to rust red colour. The bunches are long and full.
140mm | $12.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 3 | Medium | No | Deciduous | January - March |
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Is so Sweet and full of flavour that individual grapes can be picked off the hanging bunches half ripe before the rats and birds. | R O L F - Bankstown, NSW 31-Jan-2006
Fertilise heavily with chicken manure, a good dose of potash in late Winter, spray with folar seasol for extra sweet and heavy berry trusses. Fruit can be protected from birds if surrounded by opaque plastic supermarket bags with drainage holes. | David White - Newcastle, NSW 30-May-2006
Effect of different hormone concentration of Vitis Labrusca (Big Black) on grape | Kyaw Zin Myint - Kyauk Se, KSE 25-Jan-2007
CALCIUM IN GRAPE LEAVES : At the bottom of this page is a graph showing the record breaking high calcium content in grape leaves ! | R O L F - Western Sydney, NSW 13-Nov-2007
Have been growing mine on a 3m x 3m pergola for about 12 years. Has good drainage as bed is elevated. Gets only nutrients from feeding the lawn.Never touch it except to prune hard. | Catherine Barlow - Como, NSW 16-Jan-2008
Be careful on putting chicken dung grape area. Organic fertilizer are harmful when it is not decompose well. | Leo Ryan Bayang - General Santos City, Philippines, PHILS 02-Oct-2008
Vine grows beautifully all over my pergola, fruits in huge quantities, but very pulpy texture, I made wine from it last year and the results are very refreshing with it's own distinct aroma, very little problem with Downy Mildue | David O'bryan - Mansfield, QLD 18-Oct-2008
Calcium of grape leaves
| Nutrient | Units | Value per 100 grams | Number of Data Points | Std. Error |
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| Minerals | ||||
| Calcium, Ca |
mg
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363
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2
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0
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