{"id":2488,"date":"2019-07-17T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-103\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:23:50","slug":"on-the-grape-variety-sweet-seduction","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-the-grape-variety-sweet-seduction\/","title":{"rendered":"on the grape variety &#8220;Sweet Seduction&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you have any information on a new grape variety called Sweet Seduction? I am interested in vigor, fruit set, and ripening time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the source, this is either a beautiful and productive grape or a straggly one with poorly filled clusters. It received praise from Lon Rombough, a grape expert from Oregon. The <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.homeorchardsociety.org\/discuss\/general-forum\/sweet-seduction-grape\/\">Home Orchard Society<\/a> has a brief discussion about Sweet Seduction. These first two sources do not think much of this seedless grape. It is also mentioned in a list of American grapes and hybrids in the book <em>McGee and Stuckey&#8217;s Bountiful Container<\/em> (Workman, 2002):<br \/>\n&#8220;Introduced by Oregon grape grower Bill Schulz, Sweet Seduction is an unusual variety with exceptional flavor. It produces beautiful golden yellow seedless grapes with a muscat-like taste that we usually associate with European grapes (&#8230;) Vigorous and productive, [it] bears large and attractive clusters of its seductively flavored fruit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anecdotal comments on the web suggest that this variety begins to bear fruit at between 2 to 3 years after planting, and may produce 10 to 15 pounds of grapes. It is hardy in Sunset zones 5 &#8211; 9 and can grow 15 to 20 feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have any information on a new grape variety called Sweet Seduction? I am interested in vigor, fruit set, and ripening time. &nbsp; Depending on the source, this is either a beautiful and productive grape or a straggly one with poorly filled clusters. It received praise from Lon Rombough, a grape expert from Oregon. The Home Orchard Society has a brief discussion about Sweet Seduction. These first two sources do not think much of this seedless grape. It is&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-the-grape-variety-sweet-seduction\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">on the grape variety &#8220;Sweet Seduction&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[405],"class_list":["post-2488","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-vitis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}