Sunday, 4 December 2016

Kyoho Grapes Are The Fruit Of The Season

By Roger Hall


The grape is excellent to the taste and has very good nutritional value. Varieties of the fruit have been developed for different applications. There are those used for winemaking, and those table varieties that are eaten fresh. Still, there are those that make good jellies and preserves, as well as raisins when dried.

There is a variety developed in Japan that is ready to be picked in late summer and early fall. There is nothing quite like it for the table. Kyoho grapes are the sweetest and juiciest available this season, for people who prefer eating them fresh for dessert.

These berries are as big as small plums, with thick and bitter skins, peeled before eating. The skins slip off easily. Traditionally, this is how they are served chilled in glass bowls. The pronunciation is kee-OH-ho and they come from an American and European cross, chosen for their qualities that are special in the fruit. The name means big mountain, after Mount Fuji, which can be seen from the prefecture they were first cultured in.

They can now be bought in markets in the city Los Angeles, CA. The demand for them is ever increasing because of their inherent quality as well as availability. People are beginning to realize its excellent taste. In Christmas, they are predicted to become more desirable for people.

The Kyoho has great nutritional elements like vitamin C and thiamine, fiber and potassium, as well as a phytonutrient called resveratrol. The type is also good for cocktails, even if they are just preferred fresh. Grapes are often seen as fruit for making alcoholic beverages like wine, but there are types that cannot be used for them. But the food values are the same with all types.

First grown in Japan, they account for a third of all table varieties there today. Other places have adopted it, like Chile and California. Again, it is increasingly becoming popular with the locals. Breeders are now testing for seedless varieties, to compete with the best loved table types.

This variety is quite versatile, being well suited for making sweet wine and preserves, even becoming popular as juice. These grapes, however, have a bit of a disadvantage because they are a soft type and should be delicately handled or risk damage. When harvesting is over, these are immediately sent out for consumption or refrigerated as spoon as possible.

Meantime, the good news for people in California is that the Kyoho has come to stay and make life sweeter for consumers, with it becoming a local favorite for dessert and quick pick up snacks as well as in beverage form. It is beginning to rival one of the best table types in the US and North America. In Los Angeles, they can be found almost anywhere, being the local favorite there.

Being abundant, it is quite affordable. It is grown in perfect bunches and are usually marketed in the same way. The Japanese believed a perfect grape could be grown and the Kyoho is the result of their wondrous experiments. A bunch has around 20 to 30 berries and weighs up to 400 grams.




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