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Bronx Grapes
In 1933 at the Cornell Biological Field Station in Geneva, New York, the Concord crape and the Thompson grape where mixed to for the Bronx Grape. The Bronx has the robust flavor of the Concord grape and the texture of the Thompson grape.
As the Bronx ripen, they change from slightly tart, firm, pale green grapes to a grape with a honey-like taste, delicate skin and a rosy pink color. A ripe Bronx Grape has a light, musty and floral perfume. The grapes are highly vulnerable to splitting while is transit, as their thin skins fracture with even the slightest piercing making the Bronx Grape very limited in production.
Currently only two mother vines exist. John Lagier, of Lagier Ranches, is the only producer in California to have obtained cuttings of the original Bronx grapevines. Lagier grows organic Bronx grapes on his vineyard in Northern California and sells the grapes at San Francisco Bay Area farmers' markets.
Producers
Escalon, CA
Lagier Ranches: John Lagier
6101 South Murphy Road
Escalon, CA 955320
Phone: 209-982-5618
Email: info@lagierranches.com
Davis, CA
Eatwell Farm: Nigel Walker
www.eatwell.com
2657 Portage Bay East #3
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-848-3335
Email: organic@eatwell.com
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