Why you don’t like Himrod and Canadice? How the cluster of interlaken look like? Is it better than Himrod?
I said that Canadice was one of my favorites.
Himrod is my most productive grape, and it has a good, but uninteresting flavor. It also is prone to Botrytis infections of the fruit, and I spend some time picking off the affected grapes so that the disease won’t spread too much. But the biggest problem for me is that the fruit bunches break up (shatter) when they get fully ripe, and I end up with boxes full of individual grapes when I’m ready to prepare grape juice. This is only a problem because most of the Himrod grapes end up as juice.
All of those individual grapes still have a piece of stem attached, and I have to remove the stems because I don’t filter the juice. I just blend the whole grapes, including skins, to obtain maximum nutrition. This wouldn’t be a problem for most people.
Regarding Interlaken, the clusters are similar to Himrod clusters; but I girdle all of my grapevines, so, all of the clusters are very full.
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Many good varieties already named here. Lynden Blue takes it for me. Seeded Concord type that ripes a few weeks earlier. Also throw my vote in for Interlaken. For reds reliance Canadice, and Mars have great flavor, but Im not as familiar with them.
Camano Island WA
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Thank you so much for information. I am new to growing grape and I would like to pick out a couple seedless varieties perfect growing in our climate, and very good fruit quality for fresh eating and making wine. Thank again @vitog
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