{{ :garden:about:plants:fruit:grapes:types:american:venus_grapes.jpg?400|}}==== Venus ====

Venus: (Alden x New York 46000) From the University of Arkansas. 

=== Categories ===

Venus is a blue/black, seedless that has unusually large berries for a seedless grape. 

=== Flavor ===

It's flavor is a combination of muscat and labrusca.

=== Characteristics ===
 
In some years the seeds may be full-sized, but are usually soft and can be eaten with the grape. Rarely, there will be a few hard seeds. In cool climates the skin may be astringent, but the flavor is good enough that most people overlook that.

Venus ripens early/mid-season, about four weeks before Concord.

=== Pruning ===

Venus can be spur pruned, but production and cluster size are slightly greater with cane training. 

=== For more info ===

See [[http://bunchgrapes.com/grape_varieties.html|bunchgrapes.com]]