Concord

Concord is the iconic American slip-skin grape, a Vitis labrusca cultivar developed by Ephraim Wales Bull in Concord, Massachusetts, and introduced in 1854. Selected from wild native seedlings, it is exceptionally cold hardy and disease tolerant, thriving where Vitis vinifera fails. Concord is the grape behind classic grape juice, jelly, and traditional American grape flavor, and is also used for kosher and sweet wines. The vigorous vine produces medium blue-black berries with a heavy bloom and a tough skin that slips easily from the pulp. It ripens mid to late season and tolerates cold winters down to USDA zone 4. Because it is self-fertile, productive, and low maintenance, it remains a favorite backyard grape across the eastern and midwestern United States.