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 +{{ :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.
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 +Venus ripens early/mid-season, about four weeks before Concord.
 +
 +=== Pruning ===
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 +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]]