Complex hybrid of muscadine and bunch grapes producing small, red, stenospermocarpically seedless berries. Origin: P.J. Bloodworth, Hillsborough, N.C. JB94-38-7-44 × JB98-13-1-10; pedigree 72.3% muscadine. Tree: Fruit: small; ~1/3 of fruits are parthenocarpic and 2/3 stenospermic; parthenocarpic berries spherical, height 7.9-9.5 mm, width 7.9-9.5 mm; stenospermic berries elliptical to ovate, rarely oblate, height 10.3-19.1 mm, width 8.7-14.3 mm, depending on the number and size of partially developed ovules; skin color near ripe grayed-purple (RHS 185A), ripe purple (RHS N77A); skin thick, non-adherent, crunchy, tender, resistant to cracking; flesh mucilaginous, juicy; juice clear; 15 ºBrix (near ripe), 18.5 ºBrix (ripe); flavor mildly floral, lacking musky character of V. rotundifolia; harvest from midsummer to frost. Cluster: small, 10-100 berries, average 50.
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