Fruit Maven » autumn royal http://fruitmaven.com Your guide through the wild world of fruit. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Autumn Royal Grape http://fruitmaven.com/2009/10/autumn-royal-grape/ http://fruitmaven.com/2009/10/autumn-royal-grape/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:27:34 +0000 Fruit Maven http://fruitmaven.com/?p=577 If you wear makeup that is applied with a putty knife and I can see the orange line between your face and your neck, then this is the fruit for you!
APPEARANCE 3.5 out of 5 stars

Deep purple skin on a rather large grape. Surely this size is overcompensating for something. It’s practically an inch long.

AROMA 2 out of 5 stars

None

TEXTURE 3 out of 5 stars

Crunchy and juicy. No seeds (yay), but has a thick noticeable peel (boo)

TASTE 2.5 out of 5 stars

Peel is a little bitter. The inside of the grape is fine, but rather bland.

OVERALL 2.75 out of 5 stars

This grape really only has size going for it, which is a problem because it practically takes two bites to eat the whole thing and I don’t really want two bites of this one. I mean, its fine, but just another dull, boring grape that’s crunchy and juicy with a weirdly thick peel. Blech.

FRUIT

Grape

VARIETY

Autumn Royal

PEAK

October

ORIGIN

Fresno, CA

GROWN

Unknown

PURCHASED

Grocery Store

NOTES

The Autumn Royal is a very recent grape bred at the Agricultural Research Center in Fresno. It is one of very few seedless black grapes.

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