Taiji
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Seedless Concord Grapes Disease Resistant? Taste?

Went to town today to find some bare root grapes, especially wanted Concord and Niagara. Could only find seedless concord.

Bein an old dinosaur, I like to stick with the old stuff. I wondered if anyone here has grown seedless Concord and how they like them. I'm thinkin maybe the flavor won't be as good as the old seeded variety. Also, are they productive and disease resistant? I don't really want to spend 2 or 3 yrs. cultivating them only to find that they're not as flavorful and maybe have other disadvantages. I don't care about seeds since I'm going to strain them for juice.

Only grapes I could find are all seedless. I guess that's the way of the future! Couldn't find Niagara at all, but knew that would be a bit challenging.
Thx.

tomc
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Seedless is the modern marketing model. You'll have to buy off the internet after a search.

I won't buy them either.



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