The Mars seedless grape is a cultivar of
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry (botany), berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non-Climacteric (botany), climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of ...
that has medium clusters and thick skin. The color of this grape is blue and it grows in
hot and dry areas in hot
summers
Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wi ...
. This type of grape is a
pest-resistant species and has a
taste similar to
Concord grape. The Mars grape, which is part of the
seedless grape
A seedless fruit is a fruit developed to possess no mature seeds. Since eating seedless fruits is generally easier and more convenient, they are considered commercially valuable.
Most commercially produced seedless fruits have been developed from ...
species, is cultivated for purposes such as preparing
grape juice, producing
jelly and consuming it as a
table grape. This type of grape is also popular in cultivation for its species,
Venus and
Niabel, due to its resistance to climate change, as well as common pests among grapes, such as superficial white
fungus
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
and
black rot.
See also
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Thomcord
Thomcord is a seedless table grape variety and a hybrid of the popular Thompson Seedless or Sultanina grape (a ''Vitis vinifera'' variety) and Concord grape (a ''Vitis labrusca'' variety). Thomcord was developed in 1983 by Californian grape bre ...
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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Sultana
References
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Table grape varieties
Red wine grape varieties