Are these grapes edible? Me and my mom tasted one it was good, but a bit sour and had huge seeds. But i want to be sure if i can harvest those. Usually i never hardest these and i actually cut off a huge part of my vines and threw away tons grapes…
by Equivalent-Falcon469
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So yeah i was sick of looking at this old vine and i actually thought the grapes were poison so this summer i cut off a meter of vine but cutting off from the trunk. I regret it now but i didn’t do the whole fence. Im sure the bits i cut will grow back though.
We call those “possum” grapes. My mother used to make jelly out of them.
They look like Concord grapes. Do they smell like grape jelly?
Looks like Catawbas. Do they slip out of the skin easily? They are definitely edible. Also makes good whine. The vine is in poor condition but they are very hardy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catawba_(grape)
I’m pretty sure I read there are no poisonous grapes in north America, but they might not be great for eating.
ate some last week while on a hike! they were tart but def tasty. our guide said taking a bunch and steeping in hot water would make a good beverage.
Concords! Yummy!
As you noted, they have large seeds and so are not great for eating, however I make a batch of delicious grape jelly about every other year, and in the intervening years I leave everything up and on the vine for the birds in the winter. These are probably wild or a hardy northern variety of Concord grapes, and both make a very deeply flavoured jelly.
We have these growing wild all over our property – I usually make a little jelly out of them, but they aren’t great eaten by themselves (IMO).
Can you make jelly?
Makes great jam
These look like frost grapes, AKA riverbank grapes or wild North American grapes. I have a ton growing on my property.
I juice them and drink with stevia. Also make juice into wine and jelly. Ours are wild grapes. None better
Jelly the f out of that. The more sour, the better the jam.
Those are concords and you should make some delicious jelly, juice or even wine from them. They’re tasty too so eat some fresh. You just have to get used to the thicker skins and seeds. If you grew up before seedless grapes were common then the seeds are no big deal to you
Why not donate them? neighbours, relatives, or even a food bank?
Yes grapes. Dont harvest until they are sweet.
Concords are so good!!
We never picked them before the first frost and then they’re delicious!
My mom always used those for jelly, they’re sour enough that the amount of sugar used isn’t too sweet.
My great grandmother had, and still has, a grapevine that comes back every year (for st least 40 years, and they’re delicious! I pop the grape out of the skin into my mouth and swallow it hole. Seeds won’t hurt and they make AMAZING grape jelly.
Are these edible? I usually throw them away?
Wtf are you growing grapes then?
Depends on the amount of seeds. If it’s just one it’s moonseed if it’s multiple it’s grapes