Baby Grapes
by Christina Verdgeline
Title
Baby Grapes
Artist
Christina Verdgeline
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Photograph - Macro Photograph
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This was taken in June. The miniscule grapes just starting to take shape,... little babies! They already stretch up and toward the light, but are shielding from the strong summer sun by broad umbrella-like leaves. They wont be ready for harvest until late summer or autumn.
My father planted some grape vines wherever we lived. There weren’t an entire vineyard, but at least a few plants, leaning heavily against wooden stakes, supporting their cascading leaves and growing bunches of grapes. Although Dad is gone, he is still here in a sense, his grapes growing every year, at the arbor of vines draped over the patio. New life – another juicy tasty harvest.
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Wikipedia: The Concord grape is a cultivar derived from the grape species Vitis labrusca (also called fox grape) that are used as table grapes, wine grapes and juice grapes. They are often used to make grape jelly, grape juice, grape pies, grape-flavored soft drinks, and candy. The grape is sometimes used to make wine, particularly kosher wine, though it is not generally favored for that purpose due to the strong "foxy" (sometimes described as candied-strawberry/musky) flavor. Traditionally, most commercially produced Concord wines have been finished sweet, but dry versions are possible if adequate fruit ripeness is achieved.
The skin of a Concord grape is typically dark blue or purple, and often is covered with a lighter-coloured epicuticular wax "bloom" that can be rubbed off. It is a slip-skin variety, meaning that the skin is easily separated from the fruit. Concord grapes have large seeds and are highly aromatic. The Concord grape is particularly prone to the physiological disorder Black leaf.[1]
Concord grapes are often used to make grape jelly and are only occasionally available as table grapes,[4] especially in New England. They are the usual grapes used in the jelly for the traditional peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and Concord grape jelly is a staple product in U.S. supermarkets. Concord grapes are used for grape juice, and their distinctive purple color has led to grape-flavored soft drinks and candy being artificially colored purple while methyl anthranilate, a chemical present in Concord grapes, is used to give "grape" flavor. Recently, white grape juice with a milder flavor and less ability to stain fabric, primarily from Niagara grapes, has risen in popularity at the expense of Concord juice.The dark colored Concord juice is used in some churches as a non-alcoholic alternative to wine in the service of communion.Concord grapes have been used to make Kosher wine and sacramental wine.
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February 13th, 2016
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