Grape - Mars

Its clusters are medium sized, cylindrical, and well filled. Grapes are primarily grown for fruit production in home fruit gardens where they provide good ornamental value: bold summer foliage, showy fruit, some fall color and shaggy, twisted trunking and branching often best seen in winter. The grape vines can be quite attractive year-round and can provide good cover, screening, or shade to areas around the home. Birds love grapes, so be sure to plant some to share. The berries are slipskin, having a tough skin that separates readily from the pulpy flesh. One of the most resistant grapes to black rot and mildews. Versatile and fast growing, a grapevine can bear in just 2 years. The Mars Grape, Vitis 'Mars', is a seedless, blue table grape with average sized, well-filled clusters. Grapes need full sunlight and high temperatures to ripen, so plant on southern slopes, the south side of windbreaks, or the south sides of buildings. Mars has a Concord-like flavor and are great for fresh eating. The vine is vigorous, bears early in age if allowed, and cold hardy. Grapes need a good support system like fences, walls, trellises, arbors or other structures. The Mars grape is a vigorous growing selection that has been shown to have good resistance to common grape diseases. This grape tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but must have good drainage. ... additional information