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+{{ :garden:about:plants:fruit:grapes:types:american:swenson_red_0378.jpg?400|}}==== Swenson Red ====
+Swenson Red is the first variety released from Elmer Swenson's grape breeding work in Minnesota.
+=== Categories ===
+Swenson Red is an early-season, meaty, red, table grape with a distinctive fruity flavor with notes of strawberry.
+The oval reddish grapes make excellent table grapes. The sugar goes over 21 Brix, and some winemakers have produced a good white or rose wine with it.
+=== Flavor ===
+The fruity flavor of this firm, meaty grape is unique. Only grapes with muscat flavor usually tie it in tastings.
+=== Characteristics ===
+While it is generally red, it may have blue in the color where nights are cool, and it can even be green in color when grown where nights are hot.
+The vine may have rather low vigor in its early years, but it increases in vigor and productivity as it becomes well established.
+Ripens up to 30 days before Concord, making it a great option for short season growers. Fruits are large, with a high sugar content, do contain seeds, and can be used to make a distinctive  roseè or white wine.
+=== Pruning ===
+Vines do well trained to cordons and pruned to two or three bud spurs.
+Heavy dew or fog may interfere with set. On some of the clusters, flowers in the center section may fail to set, making the mature cluster dumbbell-shaped. Training the cordons high, at least 4 to 5 feet above the ground, helps keep the flower clusters out of the cool, most air near the ground that interferes with set.
+=== For more info ===
+See [[http://bunchgrapes.com/grape_varieties.html|bunchgrapes.com]]