Native to the Mediterranean and near by regions.
Full sun, lots of water. Pests: grape leaf skeletonizer, grapevine leafhopper, katydid, leafcutter bee.
Grafting
80-90F. Around 6″ of growth is needed before it is warm enough to graft grapes. Or wait til 1’ or so and graft to the base of the new green shoot. I have had best luck with this approach and do all my grapes this way now.R
Cultivars
- MarsR
- Thompson seedless – One of the more popular grapes for eating
fresh; matures early in the season. Berries are seedless and
are light green; neutral in flavor; firm and tender. Used for
raisins. For large clusters and berries, fruit must be thinned.
Berry size can also be increased by berry thinning prior to
bloom, also known as flower cluster thinning. - Flame seedless – Good producer of seedless, red, round berries.
Skin is tender and berries are good for fresh eating not
processing. Berry thin to improve size. - Exotic – Berries are large and blue with a flesh that is crisp and
sweet. Matures later than Cardinal (about 7 to 10 days);
produces about three seeds per berry. - Cardinal – Matures slightly earlier than Thompson Seedless,
with round, dark red berries and grayish bloom. Each berry
has one to four seeds. - Ruby seedless – Produces large seedless red berries with large
clusters. Cluster thin for best results, very productive. - Perlette – Produces compact bunches of sweet and seedless pale
green berries. Matures about two to three weeks ahead of
Thompson Seedless. Has a distinct Muscat flavor. Berry
thin prior to bloom. - Beauty Seedless – Berries about the size of Thompson are blue-
black, firm and sweet. An early and heavy producer. Thin
clusters for maximum flavor. - Black Monukka – adapted to Maricopa County
- Pierce – adapted to Maricopa County
- Golden Muscat – adapted to Maricopa County
- Muscat Hamburg – adapted to Maricopa County
- Diamond muscat[1]
- Jupiter[1]
- Shine Muscat
Growing in Phoenix 
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