Green Grape with Seeds?!

[vfem]

A neighbor gave us a grape vine... he said they were grape Thompson seedless. Well, they have seeds... so Thompson seedless they are NOT.

Hubby is hugely disappointed... but I figure its producing grape vine... don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

But the issue is... what kind is it!?

 

[sonjab314]

Maybe it was a hybrid ? Did they get the vine from a start of their grape vine or did they plant them from seed?

 

[vfem]

No my neighbor bought 9 vines about 4-5 year ago from a nursery. 8 were concord, and one was labeled a Thompson Seedless Green. He decided to gift the Thompson Seedless to us as a mature vine (which didn't produce for him yet) and we transplanted it in our yard this past March.

The grapes are just about ready, and in testing one I noticed they were in fact not seedless at all.

I have since taking cuttings from this vine to start more vines. I'm just curious what I have.

 

[vfem]

From my searches it seems common for a Riesling white grape to have brown spots?! I do not see anything about that grape having seeds... but my green grapes do have brown spotting. Or is that from enviromental impacts?

 

[patandchickens]

There are lots of seeded green varieties (both eatin' and winemaking types) so I dunno whether you will really ever know what it is for sure. Just appreciate it Green grapes make an interestingly-colored jelly, btw, sort of pinkish-lavenderish in my experience -- try it

Good luck, have fun,

Pat