Grape - St. Croix™

Considered to be a good grape for juices and jellies. The grape vines can be quite attractive year-round and can provide good cover, screening, or shade to areas around the home. Croix Grape, Vitis 'St. It’s relatively easy to make good quality wine from this grape. 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. This grape tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but must have good drainage. Medium to large dark blue berries are produced in medium-sized bunches on highly productive vines. It resists powdery mildew and black rot. Croix is a vigorous grower, hardy to about –25F, but its roots are a bit less hardy, unless there is snow cover. The St. Grapes need a good support system like fences, walls, trellises, arbors or other structures. 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. Croix', is a sweet grape suitable for wine making. St. Birds love grapes, so be sure to plant some to share. Ripening in late August, it has excellent winter hardiness and disease resistant. ... additional information