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Grape, Wild Grape

Texas has more than a dozen species of grapes. Muscadine grape, however, is the most famous. The juicy, sweet, purple to black fruit grows in abundance from midsummer to late fall. You can use any of the Texas grapes for juice to jelly, though sweetness varies from vine to vine. One grape, Mustang grape, bears fruit so pungent that it can irritate your hands while picking. Be careful not to confuse grape with similar but inedible fruits.

Quick ID:

Grapes have simple, alternate, heart-shaped or broadly ovate leaves; the leaf margins are toothed, or lobed , with dense wooly hairs underneath. Grapevines do not have spines.

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