Talk:Concord (grape)

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[edit] Harvest size ambiguity, fixed.

"In the United States, more than 400,000 tons of grapes are harvested in the northern regions and Pacific Northwest. Washington produces the most, followed by New York. This is about 8% of the total U.S. grape harvest" - is that supposed to say "400,000 tons of Concord grapes"? Otherwise, the "8% of the total" sentence doesn't make sense. Cos 15:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes it is. Changed. (although the percentage may be close to 7%) Rmhermen 19:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Best tasting grape ever, ever --Bushido Brown 16:28, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Preference for non-alcoholic uses.

Is it known why the Concord grape is (traditionally) preferred in juice and jelly/jam uses (and Kosher wine use, for that matter) over some of the other standard wine grapes? -- 19:25, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Concord is a Vitis labrusca variety, not any kind of standard wine grape which a species Vitis vinifera. Rmhermen 03:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Safe to swallow seeds? Healthy to swallow skins?

Does anyone have reliable answers to post to the article or talk page on these two questions which every Concord grape "user" undoubtedly asks hirself or hemself ? If so, please contrib. I need the skinny on the seedy question! (There's also the swallow whole vs. chewing issue.) Parsiferon 02:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Why would anyone think that they are unsafe? Rmhermen 03:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

The skins are very safe, unless moldy. Depending on the fungus, it could be toxic. Ice wines or late season white whines depend on shriveled up and moldy grapes! As for the seeds, a number of fruit seeds have various cytotoxic compounds (evolved as a defense mechanism to prevent rot) that won't hurt you in low doses. But if you ate a lot of seeds, you might experience a cytotoxic effect on your intestinal tract that might be fairly unpleasant. It would take a lot of seeds (killograms maybe, but not sure) to be injurious. I would limit the amount of seeds consumed, unless it's a cultivated seed like almonds or such.OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 15:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)