Steuben
Sweet blue table/dual-purpose; good disease resistance.
Across the consideration criteria
What it makes
Aromatic family
Tasting notes
How it grows
- Cold hardiness
- -20°F
- Ripening
- Mid-season
- Vigor
- High
- Disease tolerance
- Very high
- Drainage need
- Well
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Graft requirement
- Own Root Viable
- US availability
- Widely Available
Considerations
Primary buds start to die near -20°F. Shrugs off hard continental winters.
Needs roughly 2800 growing degree-days to ripen, a mid-season variety (Winkler III). A mid-length season carries it most years.
Foliar-disease pressure is moderate for this variety, a regular spray program in a humid climate. Regular cover sprays through the wet months.
Susceptible to Pierce's disease. Only a threat in the warm, humid South and parts of California; cold-winter regions cure it naturally.
High vigor. Wants leaner ground and active canopy management, or fruit hides in shade.
Moderate heat tolerance. Comfortable across a moderate heat range.
High water demand. Wants steady moisture; struggles on droughty soils.
Prefers soil pH between 5.5 and 7.0. Outside the band, lime or sulfur brings it in range.
Phylloxera-tolerant: own-rooted vines are fine.
These are intrinsic to the grape. On a real property, Folia scores each against your site; here they're shown on their own.
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