Niagara

Niagara is the leading white American slip-skin grape, a Vitis labrusca-based cultivar bred in Niagara County, New York, in 1868 from a cross of Concord and Cassady, and introduced commercially in the 1880s. Often called the white Concord, it produces large amber-green berries with a foxy labrusca aroma and slip skins. Cold hardy, vigorous, and productive, it is used for white grape juice, jelly, and sweet wines, and eaten fresh. Like Concord it tolerates cold winters and resists many diseases that trouble vinifera grapes, making it a dependable backyard grape across the eastern and midwestern United States. It ripens mid to late season and is self-fertile, requiring a sturdy trellis for its vigorous growth.