'Blue Eye' Grape Released from the
Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

(G-794)

('Ellen Scott' X 'America')

This is a black grape with a high percentage of native Vitis lincecumii and V. rupestris in its ancestry. The berry and cluster are both larger than 'Concord', and it ripens about 10 days later. The cluster is compact, and the berry is sweet, firm, round, and has a tough skin. It handles and keeps well; when pressed it produces and attractive red juice. Vine growth is vigorous and flowers are fertile.  Introduced 1947.